Semantics - 'WW2', or 'WWII' ?

Ah, yes, that's what it means in creole

 

Ah yes, it's easier than you think. Just throw in a loud "aaaaeeeeeeeeeee" when drinking beer and you'll fit right in.

And in keeping with the original theme of the thread, they (the Cajuns) called WW2 "la guerre grosse" (the big war).

 

when typing: WW2, when writing with pen and paper: WWII

 

I usually use WW2 but i actually prefer the look of WWII.. It looks more authentic ;o)

 

I always tend to use WW2. Haven't really thought about it too much to tell you the truth. WW1 was always called the great war and only got the name WW1 when WW2 came and went.... Thats what I thought anyway

 

I use either, but I test that in more ocassions, that the use of WWII, Google will find in more ocassions european pages, WW2 will habitually find USA pages.




Jan.

 

I have always wondered why it wasn't 2WW or 1WW since that is the way I tend to speak of them more than WW2.


Interesting point which I can't explain, but I'd also add how at some point what was more commonly called "The Great War" became WWI.

 

Normally Second World War but if abbreviated then it's "WWII" for me in a bold Garamond typeface...

WWII

 

GOGGLE produced the following:

ww2 14,200,000
wwII 18.600,000
ww two 33,400,000
world war two 173, 000, 000

I know there are many more variations but breakfast calls

 

GOGGLE produced the following:

ww2 14,200,000
wwII 18.600,000
ww two 33,400,000
world war two 173, 000, 000

I know there are many more variations but breakfast calls

Ron yes, but, ah, that's cheating because a search on world war two finds any page containing those words in any order or position.

To find the exact phrase it needs to be placed in quotes thusly "world war two", that returns three million hits.

Edited to add "Second World War" returns over 12 million hits on Google.

Lee

 

Lee

Serve's me right for playing around before my breakfast

As usual , you are 100% correct in your assumption and putting everything in quotes is what needs to be done to confine the search to specific areas.

Best regards

Ron

 

Thanks to Google's fab new tool we can be scientific about it...
...and the winner is:
Google Labs - Books Ngram Viewer

And I can bet what the next few words you'll going to try are ;-)
Lee

 

Of the Second World War (the phrase I choose to use, in lieu of WW2 or WWII) American veterans I have interviewed, the term they use is "War two", they dont say World or Second, just 'War two' so 'W2' is possible.

 

Either is fine by me.

 

Of the Second World War (the phrase I choose to use, in lieu of WW2 or WWII) American veterans I have interviewed, the term they use is "War two", they dont say World or Second, just 'War two' so 'W2' is possible.

Isn't that in London?

 

WW2 for me .

 

i generally use WWII when i write it or type but second world war when i say it

 

WWII I use most of the time

 

What's wrong with Great Patriotic War?

Nothing - if you happen to be a Sovietophile, and always add "(1941-45)" to press the point.

 

Of the Second World War (the phrase I choose to use, in lieu of WW2 or WWII) American veterans I have interviewed, the term they use is "War two", they dont say World or Second, just 'War two' so 'W2' is possible.

I'm trying to think of a polite way to say that I'm skeptical of that one.

Im an amateur but fairly serious WWII buff and I've never heard or read that phrase. And all the men in my family and neighborhood were WWII or Korean vets when I was growing up in the 1950s in America.

Dave