From: scj@yaccman.com (scj@yaccman.com)
Subject: [TUHS] MS-DOS
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 12:40:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9dd14d6fe62f90cc56471cc42598de4c.squirrel@webmail.yaccman.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.02.1607012112200.18366@frieza.hoshinet.org>
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2016, Norman Wilson wrote:
>
>> I suspect Yanks being pedantic about `slash' versus `forward slash'
>> would give an Englishman a stroke.
>>
>> If that's too oblique for some of you, I can't help.
>>
>> Norman Wilson
>> Toronto ON
>>
>
> I think the proper term is "Virgule" anyway. ;)
>
> -uso.
>
AT&T's original term for the 12th key on your phone was 'Octothorpe'.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octothorpe
It pretty quickly became 'pound', but for anybody under the age of 35 it's
now 'hashtag' (much to the dismay of music teachers...)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-03 19:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-02 0:12 Norman Wilson
2016-07-02 1:13 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-07-02 4:52 ` Random832
2016-07-03 19:40 ` scj [this message]
2016-07-07 5:02 ` [TUHS] Slashes (was: MS-DOS) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-07-07 13:43 ` Nemo
2016-07-07 14:11 ` John Cowan
2016-07-07 14:18 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2016-07-07 23:47 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-07-08 5:40 ` scj
2016-07-08 7:06 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-07-08 11:09 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2016-07-09 0:03 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-07-09 14:24 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2016-07-09 16:38 ` John Cowan
2016-07-11 11:20 ` Tony Finch
2016-07-11 11:54 ` Nemo
2016-07-11 13:15 ` Joerg Schilling
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-06-29 15:17 [TUHS] Algol68 vs. C at Bell Labs scj
2016-06-30 13:22 ` Clem Cole
2016-06-30 14:05 ` Marc Rochkind
2016-06-30 15:32 ` Dan Cross
2016-06-30 19:21 ` Diomidis Spinellis
2016-06-30 20:57 ` Nemo
2016-06-30 23:16 ` Marc Rochkind
2016-07-01 0:38 ` Clem Cole
2016-07-01 3:52 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2016-07-01 12:47 ` [TUHS] MS-DOS William Cheswick
2016-07-01 13:43 ` Marc Rochkind
2016-07-01 21:58 ` John Cowan
2016-07-01 22:27 ` Jacob Ritorto
2016-07-01 22:54 ` Jacob Goense
2016-07-01 23:44 ` John Cowan
2016-07-02 0:08 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-07-02 1:09 ` Kurt H Maier
2016-07-02 2:59 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-07-02 3:27 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-07-02 23:21 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-07-01 23:49 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-07-02 1:12 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-07-02 4:37 ` SZIGETI Szabolcs
2016-07-02 9:53 ` Brantley Coile
2016-07-01 13:47 ` Clem Cole
2016-07-01 15:13 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-07-02 15:25 ` Ronald Natalie
2016-07-02 15:32 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-07-02 19:46 ` Nemo
2016-07-03 1:18 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-07-03 13:33 ` Nemo
2016-07-01 17:39 ` John Cowan
2016-07-02 15:17 ` Ronald Natalie
2016-07-03 22:07 ` Derek Fawcus
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