4.03.2008

Separatrix

Names for the slash "/":

oblique dash, diagonal, separatrix, virgule, scratch comma, slant

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The slash, like all marks of punctuation, is both a link and sever for the words before and after it. It can mean "and" or "or." At the same time it admits difference, it reconciles.

Interesting that the word "slash" has similar duplicity: "He-slash-she" slashed "his-slash-her" tires.

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I submit that no food makes its fans more particular about the way it is made and eaten than sushi.

Such a scratch comma of a food.

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