I see a word "20 / 20" here in Yahoo Answers! often. What is this? Is that a TV program? and what is the origin of this word?
2006-08-13 21:43:06 · 7 answers · asked by Joriental 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
20/20, originally, is the value for "perfect vision" in many countries. In other countries, opticians use 6/6 to say that a person has a perfect vision.
20/20 is indeed a name of a news documentary show in the United States, which is naturally named after the perfect vision term.
2006-08-13 21:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by berliner 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it's a TV program that does investigative news stories. the origin of 20/20 is that it also means perfect vision.
2006-08-13 21:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by anthrotistic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. The show was created by Roone Arledge.
2006-08-13 21:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
20/20 is a term for perfect eyesight, and it's a common saying in american english to mean "seeing something clearly" or "understanding it as it is"
2006-08-13 22:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by retro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a TV show on ABC. It is also an acronym for perfect vision.
2006-08-13 23:55:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Refers to the classic eye exam/test, where you read lines of different sized letters. 20/20 means you can read at a distance of 20', what the averave person can read at a distance of 20'.
2006-08-13 21:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by madc0w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perfect eye sight and a coffee sit down talk show about the news of the day
2006-08-13 21:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋