August 2009
3 posts
dear everybody,
This is a slash: /
This is a backslash: \
So, if you’re reading a URL out loud, like, “myspace.com/chesterfrench”, please don’t say “myspace dot com backslash chester french”, because it makes me cringe.
I realized recently the source of the confusion: if you imagine drawing the character with a pen, for a slash, you are moving the pen backwards, and for a...