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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
What is this / there is a name for it when used to separate ideas. and/or......... |
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Dusk Treader
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Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 1187St. Paul, MN |
A backslash?  I'm sorry, Ms. DeVine...  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
The only thing my inferior dictionary says is a 'slash'....I'm sure there is another name for it but I don't have a clue! Denise |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
It's the Leaning Tower of / Slash ! ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Having a little fun ... it's called a Forward Slash ??? Or Zorro's missing middle slash ! Z / Z / Z ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Personally I think / is an annoying little thing that turns into a question mark out of habit or occasionally even a . or a >... But I wandered off to Ask Jeeves and it is, as Marge(y) says, a forward slash. K[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 05-22-2000).] |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
This (/) is called a Virgule, and like you said, it's used to seperate ideas. But it's also used to seperate alternatives, replace the word "to" or "and" between related compound terms (May/June), divides run-in lines of poetry, divides fractions (1/2), represents "per" or "to" when used with units of measurement (9ft/sec), and sets off phonemes and phonemic transcription (/b/ as in "but") Hope that this helps!!! --------------------------------------------------------< !signature--> That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl [This message has been edited by Sven (edited 05-28-2000).] |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Okay .... how could this tiny little mark / have so many names ???? It is also called a separatrix, an oblique, and a solidus. My goodness ! How much I've learned from one simple little question. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I'm sure glad Sven is here - because it just looks like a tipsy little "l" to me....  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Hey, that's why I'm here Nan. . . Defender of Truth, Protector of the Weak, King of Romance and Holder of Useless (or in this case USEFUL) Information!! ---------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I knew virgule was one of the names..didn't know about the others.. thanks guys! Now I'm off to find another question to stump you with... hmm..where's my English textbook? |
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