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The US International layout also uses the right alt (AltGr) as a modifier to enter special characters. [2] The equivalent mapping for UK/Irish keyboards is called the "UK Extended" layout which, if activated in settings, will allow the user to enter a wide variety of diacritics (such as grave accents) which are not accommodated by the standard ...
National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
(derogatory) promiscuous woman (US & UK also: slut) a general insult directed at someone of either sex A product from the iron-smelting blast furnace; mainly used in tarmac production slash (colloq.) an act of urinating ("to have a slash") to cut drastically the symbol '/' (orig. US) (also virgule, solidus; UK also: oblique, stroke)
United Kingdom (UK) United States (US) Remarks annexe: annex: To annex is the verb in both British and American usage. However, the noun—an annex(e) of a building—is spelled with an -e at the end in the UK, but not in the US. Australia follows US usage. [51] apophthegm [135] apothegm [136]
Unicode equivalence is the specification by the Unicode character encoding standard that some sequences of code points represent essentially the same character. This feature was introduced in the standard to allow compatibility with pre-existing standard character sets, which often included similar or identical characters.
British Ghosts are soon going to be haunting CBS. Beginning this Thursday, Nov. 16, the original BBC One comedy on which the hit American iteration is based will make its Stateside broadcast debut ...
The KCharSelect character mapping tool shown displaying a subset of the Unicode Mathematical Operators The Unicode logo. Unicode input is method to add a specific Unicode character to a computer file; it is a common way to input characters not directly supported by a physical keyboard.
Characters: ¿ ¡ (inverted question and exclamation marks), ñ; All vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú) may take an acute accent; The letter u can take a diaeresis (ü), but only after the letter g