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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

funnily enough, we already had an abbreviation for "IOW" (In Other Words), "I.E." (Id Est - That Is)

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Worth noting that, by convention, "i.e." is usually in lower case, and only capitalized when the words themselves would be, i.e. at the start of a sentence.

Edit: typo

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I THOUGHT it looked weird capitalized, but the other guy capitalized IOW so I figured "When In Rome"

[-] Trail@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You mean w.i.r.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

i think ie looks weird no matter how you present it

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