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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Liland Brajant ROS')
Subject: Re: Not another "name for @" thread
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In a previous article, spam@killer.com (Truly Donovan) says:

>Harlan Messinger wrote:
>
>> French has "virgule" to translate the English word "comma", but in
>> English, a "virgule" is a forward slash.
>
>Oh, dear.  When did the real slash become a "forward slash"? 
>
>I suppose it is only to be expected because we tolerated the development 
>of the usage "backslash" for that other thing when we have should have 
>held out for "reverse," but "forward"? Sheesh.

But given "backslash", we ought now to call the other one a "foreslash", 
oughtn't we?  Analogously to "backhand" and "forehand", "backward" and 
"for[e, where'd the e go?]ward", etc.
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