From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: usotsuki@buric.co (Steve Nickolas) Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 20:08:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [TUHS] MS-DOS In-Reply-To: <20160701234409.GD26015@mercury.ccil.org> References: <2c674075-db86-827b-fd97-30921757e9ae@aueb.gr> <7C35A731-84A0-4B9F-AEE6-8D9D1A06B315@cheswick.com> <20160701215809.GB26015@mercury.ccil.org> <20160701234409.GD26015@mercury.ccil.org> Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Jul 2016, John Cowan wrote: > Jacob Ritorto scripsit: > >> Does anyone besides me bristle at the term "forward slash?" In my day >> (although I'm under fifty), we called them slash and backslash. The M$ >> culture seems to encourage this redundant advective as normal parlance. > > I encourage it, after hearing people say "Aitch tee tee pee, colon, > backslash, backslash, ...." > > Oy gevalt. *crumbles to dust* -uso.