yesman@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoFrench anti-bullying bikers accused of threatening headteacherwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up155
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minus-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI’m genuinely curious about what that W stands for. A few seconds of searching only resulted in different reports of this same story. The French word for motorcycle is simply ‘moto’ or ‘motocyclette’.
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoMaybe a wayward autocorrect? “WC” is used extensively in Europe, although its meaning is… rather different.
minus-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoIf it was a typo, multiple news sites failed to notice. I’ve only seen the acronym used for World Cup, West Chicago, and Women’s Club.
I’m genuinely curious about what that W stands for. A few seconds of searching only resulted in different reports of this same story. The French word for motorcycle is simply ‘moto’ or ‘motocyclette’.
Maybe a wayward autocorrect? “WC” is used extensively in Europe, although its meaning is… rather different.
If it was a typo, multiple news sites failed to notice. I’ve only seen the acronym used for World Cup, West Chicago, and Women’s Club.