spiri
12-09-2007, 10:54 AM
Om, in the two latest shows you read your website URL as "revision3-dot-com-backslash-gigaom". A backslash has nothing to do in a URL. It's a slash.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslash:
The backslash's prominence in Microsoft path names might explain why the forward slashes in URLs are occasionally (and erroneously) read out loud as "backslash". It has even led to its erroneous placement in contexts not relating to directories, or computers at all, for that matter. URLs always exclusively contain slashes, sometimes referred to as "forward" slashes in an attempt to clarify the distinction.
I know it's a small thing, but it just bothers me :).
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslash:
The backslash's prominence in Microsoft path names might explain why the forward slashes in URLs are occasionally (and erroneously) read out loud as "backslash". It has even led to its erroneous placement in contexts not relating to directories, or computers at all, for that matter. URLs always exclusively contain slashes, sometimes referred to as "forward" slashes in an attempt to clarify the distinction.
I know it's a small thing, but it just bothers me :).