Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?

ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

w/ appears to have origin in the food industry some 70 years ago (according to this question).

To me it makes sense, as I first encountered it in video games where abbreviations and text-saving-slang are commonplace. Furthermore, while abbreviations usually have multiple letters, single letter abbreviations can quickly become confusing, so I belive that this is the reason for putting a slash behind it, or possibly a bar above it.

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