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From: jack@hp-dcd.UUCP
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Subject: virgule/over/solidus - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 4-Jul-83 03:22:37 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  4 03:22:37 1983
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hp-dcd!jack    Jul  2 20:49:00 1983


edai!ok says:

	Outside computerese (which has a lot of American English in it),
	I have only heard the / character called
		virgule
		over
		solidus

You've never heard it called a slash?

				-Jack Applin IV
				(ucbvax!decvax!cca!sri-unix!hplabs!hp-dcd!jack)