* On 2011 27 Mar 21:13 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > That's a double *slash*. The backslash (on my US "small <Enter>" > kb) is under the pipe. > > We know this because typewriter keyboards only had one such key and > so Lower Left To Upper Right became the "slash" key. When IBM added > another key, that new key became the backslash.
Even more annoying are some local radio commercials where the voice says, "aH Tee Tee Pea Colon Backslash Backslash Double-U Double-U Double-U blah blah blah". - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110328022602.gb3...@n0nb.us
