On 28/03/11 13:26, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * 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 >> >
Blame Embrace Extend Extinguish... And Double-U Double-U - I "know" that is how it's supposed to be, but I've spent years (delighting in) saying "wuh" "wuh" "wuh" (as in the Magyar "w"). Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- 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/4d8ff7ed.90...@gmail.com
