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[desh]

Pet peeve time!

[Poll #936304]

Comments

[mantisbot.livejournal.com]

oh noes... I mixed up where the forward and back slashes are in relation to the enter key...

I AM ASHAMED!!! *sob*

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

The context determines the orientation of the slash. When people talk URLs, I know which slash they mean. When they talk the Unix command I know as well. When the conversation turns to regular expressions then you have to get particular.

[swerved.livejournal.com]

I love how some of the numbers on this poll changed from one refresh to another. People would pick an answer, see that they were out of step with the majority of other poll takers, and then go back and change their answer. I'm very amused right now. :)

[camomiletea.livejournal.com]

Hehe... you have to warn in advance, because before reading that third question I just happened to look at the URL in my browser's address bar. I'm still pretty sure I'd select the right one. It doesn't bother me when people mix those up though.

[smarriveurr.livejournal.com]

Forward slash? FORWARD slash? There is no FORWARD slash. There's a slash and a backslash!

That's my pet peeve, anyway. It drives me nuts when people give a URL and say "Forward-slash [whatever]".

[conana.livejournal.com]

Thank you for specifying keyboard type. Fortunately, I remember that the backslash stays in the same place (still an awkward reach when I'm typing TeX), or I would have missed that question.

[sleepsong.livejournal.com]

See, everybody I know says "http colon slash slash" rather than "http colon forward slash forward slash," so it's rather moot whether or not they can tell the difference.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

It is SO annoying when people say "backslash" in URLs.

I actually found it harder to visualise your "top left to bottom right" description than the ASCII characters.

[kazulrw.livejournal.com]

I had to draw little lines on paper to translate your left-right stuff into shapes my mind could associate with slash-types. heh.

also, I can't remember the last time someone read out a url to me that was long enough to include a slash. (who says the http:// part out loud?)

(scott)

[(Anonymous)]

Where does the slash appear...

What, on the typical US101 keyboard or one of my weirdo Dvorak-mapped ergo keyboards?

What's embarrassing is that I don't really know either, but I can type the required slash/backslash without thinking about it.

[nuqotw.livejournal.com]

I read URLs with "slash". I assume that the listener knows which way the slash goes.

I agree with commenter above that there are slash and backslash.

[estepha.livejournal.com]

oh man!

you tricked me! i thought the backslash was above the enter key..

now i'm confused beyond all hope.

[t3chnomag3.livejournal.com]

Here's my poll:

Where does Desh come up with these crazy poll ideas?

I don't have poll answers yet, but I'm sure I'll think of a few interesting ones.