I’ve seen .: used two times now, and I really wonder what is? The first time I saw it was in an extract from the Swedish dictionary SAOL in NE. They used it something like this so:

History.: since year x

More lately I saw it used in this comment by @nodsocket@lemmy.world like so:

What make bikes so expensive?

R.: The willing of people to buy them.

What is this? Were does it come from? Should I use it?

Edit: thanks for all the answers :). It turns out it was actually used for abbreviation in the dictionary, they wrote “hist.” instead of “historia”.

  • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    Am I missing some comments somewhere? All I see are people telling you the difference between the latin ie and eg. Nobody has commented on your query.

    • octoperson@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      I can see 4 top level comments earlier than yours that address the OP, without being involved in the ie eg debate. I’m on the same instance as you too so idk why you wouldn’t see them. caching problems with your app or browser?