Thanks a whole lot. A non-English abbreviation causes me to offend the Dutch.

On Aug 27, 9:14 pm, "*** T. Winter" <***.Win...@xxxxxx> wrote:
In article <15587716.1188254299380.JavaMail.jaka...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tommy1729 <tommy1...@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > neilist wrote:

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> WO = world war also known as WW.

Not to the English speaking world. It is a Dutch abbreviation, not known
to anyone else. You had better not use Dutch colloquialisms when writing
in an international newsgroep. If you think otherwise, I have a doubt
for you.
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Now this factoid is interesting. As Johnny Carson would say, "I did
not know that".

I apologize to any of our international friends who I may have
offended and who use "W.O." for World War II.

Note to the Dutch: I did ask Tommy1729 what the "O." stood for, and
never got a response. Can't get a straight answer, sometimes.

Well, what does the "O." stand for?

And for completeness, what does the "W." in "W.O." stand for?

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