From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: grog@lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey) Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 10:03:46 +1000 Subject: [TUHS] Slashes (was: MS-DOS) In-Reply-To: <20160708110912._pmH11Mqe%steffen@sdaoden.eu> References: <1467418363.24560.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> <20160707050242.GD78278@eureka.lemis.com> <20160707141841.mCXI4Ciil%steffen@sdaoden.eu> <20160707234722.GF78278@eureka.lemis.com> <20160708110912._pmH11Mqe%steffen@sdaoden.eu> Message-ID: <20160709000346.GH78278@eureka.lemis.com> On Friday, 8 July 2016 at 13:09:12 +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Thursday, 7 July 2016 at 16:18:41 +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: >>> Nemo wrote: >>>> I would argue "solidus" is closer. >>> >>> SOLIDUS is the Unicode name, too, as is REVERSE SOLIDUS, giving >>> SLASH and BACKSLASH as secondaries. >> >> Finally we have clarity! From now on it's only (without shouting) >> solidus and reverse solidus. No confusion any more, at least not >> for those in the know. > > Maybe it helps that the German «Schrägstrich» will desert into Slash > («Herkunft: englisch slash, eigentlich???= (harter, kurzer) Schlag, > Hieb, laut- und bewegungsnachahmend oder zu altfranzösisch > esclachier???= (zer)teilen» You don't quote your source, but the blue Duden (paraphrased for non-German speakers) makes it clear that "Strich" comes from an Ablaut form of "streichen", itself derived from the root "Strahl", originally meaning "arrow". So ultimately, it seems, you have the choice of being struck or shot. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog at FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: not available URL: