The oblique stroke: renaming slash

[Casey]

> Kemper adds:
> 
> When asking my Godfather for directions like "should take a right 
or go straight?"  He would reply, "Always forward, never straight."  
He was a gay man.

Guys who have been to jail will use that phrase also because they 
aren't on the "straight and narrow".

The problem with calling "slash" and oblique stroke is ease of use. 
It's much quicker to say I read Snupin Slash than saying I read 
Snupin Oblique Stroke, or ask if someone is an Oblique Stroke fan. 
Slash just says it all. Although I've learned to put fanfic in the 
google bar when looking for slash stories. Guns & Roses, or Friday 
The 13th Movies aren't my thing, even though Wes Craven is gay.

Casey