• Decoy321@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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’.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe a wayward autocorrect? “WC” is used extensively in Europe, although its meaning is… rather different.

        • Decoy321@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          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.