tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post115280741902925742..comments2023-11-10T16:19:46.880-05:00Comments on Blogslot: And Don't Get Me Started on 'Forward Slash'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1153412714794175452006-07-20T12:25:00.000-04:002006-07-20T12:25:00.000-04:00"Natural breasts"!"Natural breasts"!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1153022470093744822006-07-16T00:01:00.000-04:002006-07-16T00:01:00.000-04:00Argh. That should be the other way around, of cour...Argh. That should be the other way around, of course.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152938245458746422006-07-15T00:37:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:37:00.000-04:00Windows and DOS file paths (like C:\WINDOWS\direct...Windows and DOS file paths (like C:\WINDOWS\directory) always require forward slashes, though. And yes, I've seen text that had backslashes instead.<BR/><BR/>Retronyms and backformations really aren't that similar. Backformations involve reanalyzing a word and then breaking off a supposed morpheme (like taking <I>burglar</I> and creating <I>burgle</I> from it on analogy of words <I>farmer</I> and <I>farm</I>).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152904416725790202006-07-14T15:13:00.000-04:002006-07-14T15:13:00.000-04:00Thanks, "woman"; that is news to me -- I hadn't th...Thanks, "woman"; that is news to me -- I hadn't thought to try. Still: While it's nice of the browser makers to auto-correct the error (and note that the backslashes do get changed to slashes when a page loads), it is indeed an error to use the word "backslash" in spelling out a Web address.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152901040464858752006-07-14T14:17:00.000-04:002006-07-14T14:17:00.000-04:00Actually, backslashes work just as well as "forwar...Actually, backslashes work just as well as "forward" slashes do when you're typing URLs. Whether you're visiting http://theslot.blogspot.com/ or http:\\theslot.blogspot.com\, you'll get to the same place.J. Carryll Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828080796007902810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152889384820850322006-07-14T11:03:00.000-04:002006-07-14T11:03:00.000-04:00"Two-parent family" is a wonderful retronym exampl..."Two-parent family" is a wonderful retronym example. Another great one I came across on a list of them: George H.W. Bush!<BR/><BR/>With gasoline, "regular" is the opposite of "premium" (or, way back when, "ethyl"). I still hear "unleaded" a lot even though there is no "leaded" -- it's in the standard boilerplate of the price-reporting people.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152888888346289092006-07-14T10:54:00.000-04:002006-07-14T10:54:00.000-04:00"Skim milk" used to be the standard stateside term..."Skim milk" used to be the standard stateside term, but the industry has gone to "fat-free milk" of late. <BR/><BR/>I love "fat milk," though of course we do have the term "whole milk." <BR/><BR/>Supermarkets and such often used to write of their "homo milk" to distinguish it from chocolate milk. I bet the fogies who hmmph about "gay" once meaning "happy" aren't bemoaning that loss.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152883287673270852006-07-14T09:21:00.000-04:002006-07-14T09:21:00.000-04:00My parents have a milk languauge barrier problem:F...My parents have a milk languauge barrier problem:<BR/><BR/>Full cream milk is called 'Fat Milk' by my mother (milk with lots of fat in it) and 'Thin Milk' by my father (milk for thin people)<BR/><BR/>Skimmed milk (don't know what you call it in the States -- I mean milk with all the cream taken out) is called 'Thin Milk' by my mother (milk for people trying to become thin) and 'Fat Milk' by my father (milk for fat people).Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13411950678231892082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152824337607622602006-07-13T16:58:00.000-04:002006-07-13T16:58:00.000-04:00OK, fine: Webster's New World does list one meanin...OK, fine: Webster's New World does list one meaning of "custard" as "short for frozen custard."<BR/><BR/>Bah!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152823122592331052006-07-13T16:38:00.000-04:002006-07-13T16:38:00.000-04:00Good stuff. The Special -- no, really, we're not u...Good stuff. The Special -- no, really, we're not using it euphemistically here -- Olympics!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152822779228933012006-07-13T16:32:00.000-04:002006-07-13T16:32:00.000-04:00The Extra Special OlympicsForward Slash CustardDoe...The Extra Special Olympics<BR/><BR/>Forward Slash Custard<BR/><BR/>Does this mean that the former guitarist for Guns and Roses is now known as Forward Slash?Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680935313621903480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152822022993250952006-07-13T16:20:00.000-04:002006-07-13T16:20:00.000-04:00Back-formation is a different thing, though I gues...Back-formation is a different thing, though I guess you could call the process related. I understand that backslashes exist, but people who mean "backslash" say "backslash," just as people who say "table tennis" say "table tennis" -- a mention of "slash" should not prompt the question "You mean backslash?" If we're dealing with people who think URLs ever take backslashes, we need to start at a whole different stage of hand-holding anyway.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152821462729780102006-07-13T16:11:00.000-04:002006-07-13T16:11:00.000-04:00You know you’re talking about backformation, right...You know you’re talking about backformation, right? And that “forward slash” became necessary to differentiate it from “backslash”? (For some people, at least. And some others cannot dictate an URL without mistaking slash for backslash.)Joe Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135598657366579789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152818013864530712006-07-13T15:13:00.000-04:002006-07-13T15:13:00.000-04:00"Getting some cookie dough" is more like "getting ..."Getting some cookie dough" is more like "getting some chocolate" -- yeah, in context, that makes sense. It's a flavor. But custard is custard. Even simply freezing it doesn't make it <I>that</I> kind of frozen custard. If I say "I'm getting some cream!" at Baskin-Robbins, that doesn't make cream = ice cream.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152817279079398312006-07-13T15:01:00.000-04:002006-07-13T15:01:00.000-04:00Old-Timey No Brain Freeze CustardThe Illegally Dop...Old-Timey No Brain Freeze Custard<BR/><BR/>The <I>Illegally</I> Doped-Up Olympicsunclewillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531110997272851342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152816854630119752006-07-13T14:54:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:54:00.000-04:00Uh, can I add one more?Custard 1.0Uh, can I add one more?<BR/><BR/>Custard 1.0noneemachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258392029445056994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152816758576766282006-07-13T14:52:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:52:00.000-04:00legacy custardthe International World Olympics(R)legacy custard<BR/><BR/>the International World Olympics(R)noneemachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258392029445056994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152816264058367062006-07-13T14:44:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:44:00.000-04:00"classic" custard"classic" custardMr Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040982004314259579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-1152814965262951062006-07-13T14:22:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:22:00.000-04:00The Not-So-Differently-Abled OlympicsSlightly Jigg...The Not-So-Differently-Abled Olympics<BR/><BR/>Slightly Jiggly CustardLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680935313621903480noreply@blogger.com