Whack whack

[Mike Coleman]

"Margrave, Thomas" <TMargrave at starbase.com> writes:
> Ok those gru's that have been around have you ever heard of "whack whack"
> refer to as "\" (used in unc path).   I got this from an ex M$ employee and
> I had never heard this before.  Am I just in a hole or what?

I've never heard this.  Does he also pronounce Windows paths that way?  (e.g.,
C:foobarbazblah)

I don't know that there's anything definitive, but this

        http://www.cs.appstate.edu/~egp/misc/pronunciation-guide

has 'whack' as a synonym for '|'.

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