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Not knowing the difference between slash and backslash- "Go to www.ourlamesite.com BACKSLASH user". What's most interesting about the error is that it's almos
by mchannon 14y ago
Not knowing the difference between slash and backslash-
"Go to www.ourlamesite.com BACKSLASH user".
What's most interesting about the error is that it's almost always one error only (slashes referred to as backslashes, not the reverse, as if "back" makes it correct usage), refers to punctuation we all see and use on a regular basis, and involves extra syllables.
It's also counterintuitive. Asking yourself how to write "3 slash 4" will almost always result in your correctly figuring out what to call the two symbols even when you're not sure. It's a bit like dyslexia, I suppose, but in reverse. You wouldn't hear a dyslexic call a forwards f "backwards f", I wouldn't think.
- dholowiski 14y agoHah. After 13ish years of tech support, I automatically say "backslash - that's the one above the enter key" or "forward slash - that's the one below the question mark" Often I won't even say the key name, just the location.