nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2007-10-04 01:26 pm

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I strongly object to the use of the letter "R" to designate Thursday.

[identity profile] easwaran.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I hate the "U/R" convention. "U/H" is almost equally bad. I prefer "T/Th" or "Tu/Th", and I'm willing to accept T and either theta or thorn, though those feel too clever for their own good. I hadn't thought of thorn before, and it does have the advantage over theta of being more integral to the language somehow, even though theta is more familiar.

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2007-10-06 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you seen Θ used anywhere? It does seem "too clever".

[identity profile] easwaran.livejournal.com 2007-10-06 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I had a teacher in high school that used it. Though it was lower case rather than capital. I guess it really should be capital though, like the other day abbreviations, even though capital theta is slightly less familiar and easy to write than lower case.