<nettime> [Fwd: slashes]

[Erich Moechel <erich-moechel@apanet.at>]

Dear net/timers,
I did not know that anything would come out of my short comment on dots 
& slashes.Seeing the reactions of others I forward my answer to 
Josephine now 4 all.
cheers
Erich

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• To: Josephine Bosma <jesis@xs4all.nl>
• Subject: slashes
• From: Erich Moechel <erich-moechel@apanet.at>
• Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 12:25:26 +0000
• CC: bbrace@netcom.com
• References: <l03010d01b00bc6519b0f@[194.109.45.198]> <l03010d01b00d18b63ed2@[194.109.47.50]>

hi Josephine

> >Post/scrypt: dots are elitist (top level domain). The age of slashes is
> >dawning.
> haha
> to be serious:
I was rather serious about this slash issue. Especially in German, a 
language that tends to constructing long composite nouns, slashes 
inbetween help if you want to stress certain parts of it.Moreover 
addressing:
"dear readers" in English is neutral.
"Liebe Leser" in German is not neutral but male. If I want to be polite 
which is more to the point thant "correct" you should have to write 
"Liebe Leserinnen und Leser". That is lengthy & tiring.
So: liebe Leser/innen does not exclude females, saves space & is more 
convenient to my eyes than the current feminist inspired "LeserInnen".  
>If you want to see some examples on the funny way slashes can be used, you can find them at www.quintessenz.at in the Plumborama section.

> have a nice day, too (I will, just preparing to get my dinner out of the Mexican Gulf)
>Erich

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