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Among English-speaking typographers the symbol may be called a "slashed O" [1] or "o with stroke". Although these names suggest it is a ligature or a diacritical variant of the letter o , it is considered a separate letter in Danish and Norwegian, and it is alphabetized after z — thus x , y , z , æ , ø , and å .
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter O. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
Chinese cut see French cut Chop on to be bowled by the ball deflecting off the inside or bottom edge of the bat and onto the stumps while playing a shot Chuck of a bowler, to throw the ball by bending the elbow instead of bowling it with a straight arm; also chucker: a bowler who chucks; and chucking: such an illegal bowling action. All are ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language.. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.
They typically originate as synonyms [3] within the jargon or slang of an in-group, such as schools, army, police, and the medical profession. For example, exam (ination), math (ematics), and lab (oratory) originated in school slang ; spec (ulation) and tick (et = credit) in stock-exchange slang; and vet (eran) and cap (tain) in army slang.
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The term "cut and paste" comes from the traditional practice in manuscript editing, whereby people cut paragraphs from a page with scissors and paste them onto another page. This practice remained standard into the 1980s. Stationery stores sold "editing scissors" with blades long enough to cut an 8½"-wide page.
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