yesman@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoFrench anti-bullying bikers accused of threatening headteacherwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down11cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkFrench anti-bullying bikers accused of threatening headteacherwww.bbc.comyesman@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 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-up5·7 months agoMaybe a wayward autocorrect? “WC” is used extensively in Europe, although its meaning is… rather different.
minus-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 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.