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R/W

1 American  
  1. right of way.


R.W. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Right Worshipful.

  2. Right Worthy.


RW 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Right Worshipful

  2. Right Worthy

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rw 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Rwanda

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A new study found that curse words in several unrelated languages sound alike: They’re less likely than other words to include the consonant sounds L, R, W or Y. And more family-friendly versions of curses often have these sounds added, just like the R in “shirt” or “fork.”

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They’re less likely than other words to include the consonant sounds L, R, W or Y. And more family-friendly versions of curses often have these sounds added, just like the R in “shirt” or “fork.”

From New York Times

Yet when native French speakers heard pairs of foreign-sounding words, they were still less likely to guess that words with L, R, W and Y sounds were curses.

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Once again, the clean versions included more of the sounds L, R, W and Y.

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At the same time, her biographer R. W. B. Lewis writes, she “felt propelled out of her metaphorical prison,” able to “exercise what Henry James had called a fantastic freedom.”

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