As Tracy calls it. I've always known it as "shriek" in this country. Mind you, you guys call the pavement "sidewalk" and the road "pavement" so what can yer do?

>I thought that was "bang".
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>>Oh, like "shriek" for "!" :-)
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>>>Whack, Whack stands for //
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>>>>Say what?
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>>>>>>>>It's a bit like my old gripe about TV announcers saying "forward-slash" when giving a URL. You never hear anyone say "back-slash" so why do they bother?
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>>>>>>>Sorry, when I'm guiding a client over the phone, I always say 'back-slash' when talking about directories. If I don't I can be darned sure they'll use the wrong one.
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>>>>>>Sure! In the one case where "\" is used, in finding paths on a PC. But TV and radio announcers are never giving this info - just web addresses. The point is "/" is and always has been "slash", "solidus" or "stroke". The "\" was only introduced by IBM for their PCs (for SOME magic reason!).