Unsent Letters by Heather Mark

Dear those who want to sound like techies,

This note will be short and sweet. This is for all you late night informercials, ill informed copywriters and anyone faking their way through sounding technically savvy.

When referring to a web address, there is no need to refer to a slash as a backslash.

Indeed, there are two types of slashes–the forward slash and the back slash. The forward slash is also referred to as “slash”, the “forward” is understood. A forward slash looks like / . A back slash looks like \ .

You’ll notice that web addresses start with http:// . That’s colon-slash-slash, not colon-back slash-back slash.

I hope someone has gained something by reading my humble letter. I simply want to bring the world one step closer to semiotic harmony.

Cheers,

Heather