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Exodejavu Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
[He] is my roommate slash cousin
Hello,
I was watching the movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046163/.
I noticed that a role said:
"[He] is my roommate slash cousin."
I became interested in the use of slash in conversations.
More often than not, slash means or, but it seems to mean and in the quoted sentence above.
Informal as it seems to be, I wonder whether or not slash meaning and or or is often used.
Is it a word used by young generation?
If I want to express s/he, which among s slash he and she or he is used?
It reminds me of phrases of "with a capital A/B/C, like "trouble with a capital T."
Regards
I was watching the movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046163/.
I noticed that a role said:
"[He] is my roommate slash cousin."
I became interested in the use of slash in conversations.
More often than not, slash means or, but it seems to mean and in the quoted sentence above.
Informal as it seems to be, I wonder whether or not slash meaning and or or is often used.
Is it a word used by young generation?
If I want to express s/he, which among s slash he and she or he is used?
It reminds me of phrases of "with a capital A/B/C, like "trouble with a capital T."
Regards
Top answer
- - Informally, yes. Is it a word used by young generation? -- I use it occasionally, and I am a baby boomer.
- - - Informally, yes.
- Is it a word used by young generation?
- -- I use it occasionally, and I am a baby boomer.
- - - I say 'sh-he' (/sh?
- hi:/).
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Informal as it seems to be, I wonder whether or not slash meaning and or or is often used.-- Informally, yes.
Is it a word used by young generation?-- I use it occasionally, and I am a baby boomer.
If I want to express s/he, which among s slash he and she or he is used?-- I say 'sh-he' (/sh? hi:/).
It reminds me of phrases of "with a capital A/B/C,
Informal as it seems to be, I wonder whether or not slash meaning and or or is often used.-- Informally, yes.
Is it a word used by young generation?-- I use it occasionally, and I am a baby boomer.
If I want to express s/he, which among s slash he and she or he is used?-- I say 'sh-he' (/sh? hi:/).
It reminds me of phrases of "with a capital A/B/C,
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Hi,
I was watching the movie My Best Friend's Girl .
I noticed that a role said:
"[He] is my roommate slash cousin."
I became interested in the use of slash in conversations.
More often than not, slash means or, but it seems to m
I was watching the movie My Best Friend's Girl .
I noticed that a role said:
"[He] is my roommate slash cousin."
I became interested in the use of slash in conversations.
More often than not, slash means or, but it seems to m
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Mister Micawber.
These usages all result from computer science. Right?-- No, they long pre-date the computer.
CliveThese usages all result from computer science. Right? Why do you think that? Capitals and slashes existed long before computers.
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