Comments on: Origins of Common Abbreviations http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yigal Ben Efraim http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-452207 Yigal Ben Efraim Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:10:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/#comment-452207 http://www.abbr.com for all of your abbreviations confusion... http://www.abbr.com for all of your abbreviations confusion…

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-317640 Marilyn Terrell Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:09:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/#comment-317640 If you'd like to know the origin of the @ symbol, check it out here: http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2006/11/where_its.html If you’d like to know the origin of the @ symbol, check it out here:

http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2006/11/where_its.html

]]> By: Worrymon http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-317552 Worrymon Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:08:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/#comment-317552 Read somewhere that the X's for liquor show the number of passes through a still that the alcohol has made. Mark it with one X the first time, another the second, and so on. The more X's, the more times through the still, and thus the more potent... Read somewhere that the X’s for liquor show the number of passes through a still that the alcohol has made. Mark it with one X the first time, another the second, and so on. The more X’s, the more times through the still, and thus the more potent…

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-317329 just a guy Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:45:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/#comment-317329 Please forgive the typo: x's instead of t's. But the link should work if you copy and paste it. Please forgive the typo: x’s instead of t’s. But the link should work if you copy and paste it.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-317324 just a guy Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:43:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/26/origins-of-common-abbreviations/#comment-317324 I've actually found factual errors in bathroom readers before. It seems like thay don't fact check throughly, OR state as fact some things that are ambiguous or not completely agreed upon. I'm not sure if this is one case, but I've always heard the Rx symbol was derived from the Egyptian symbol 'Eye of Horus.' Here's more info: hxxp://www.endomail.com/articles/ad13rx.html Wikipedia agrees with the Bathroom Reader, but wikipedia's accuracy is not absolute, as most people know. I’ve actually found factual errors in bathroom readers before. It seems like thay don’t fact check throughly, OR state as fact some things that are ambiguous or not completely agreed upon.

I’m not sure if this is one case, but I’ve always heard the Rx symbol was derived from the Egyptian symbol ‘Eye of Horus.’

Here’s more info:
hxxp://www.endomail.com/articles/ad13rx.html

Wikipedia agrees with the Bathroom Reader, but wikipedia’s accuracy is not absolute, as most people know.

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