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		newscracker on Jan 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Make Firefox support moz://a > I think the concern that people will start calling them moz-colon-forward-slash-forwadslash-a is a little ridiculous Honestly, I'd be happier if someone called it "moz-colon-forward-slash-forwardslash-a" instead of calling it "moz-colon-backslash-backslash-a". I've seen so many people mix up slash (forward slash) and backslash!

apricot on Jan 19, 2017 [–]

I once had a student describe the "/" character by saying "You know, the backwards backslash".

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