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[[File:Slash.png|thumb|500px|[[Virgule Hudson]] yesterday.]] | [[File:Slash.png|thumb|500px|[[Virgule Hudson]] yesterday.]] | ||
{{Quote|"O, whoreson [[slash]]! Thou unnecessary character!" | {{Quote|"O, whoreson [[slash]]! Thou unnecessary character!" | ||
::Shakespeare, ''As You Lick It'', I, iii<ref>The false reference was too good to pass up. But assiduous readers will realise this is not comedy. It is ''tragedy''. The correct reference is, of course, ''King | ::Shakespeare, ''As You Lick It'', I, iii<ref>The false reference was too good to pass up — for honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce to sugar, as it were. But assiduous readers will realise this is not comedy. It is ''tragedy''. The correct reference is, of course, ''King Edward Lear'', II, ii. </ref>}} | ||
The [[slash]] ( [[/]] ), also known as the '''virgule''', has several uses, most of which (sayeth the [http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/slash. punctuation guide]) one should avoid in formal writing. | The [[slash]] ( [[/]] ), also known as the '''virgule''', has several uses, most of which (sayeth the [http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/slash. punctuation guide]) one should avoid in formal writing. | ||
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Odd spot: the charming American Gothic church in the ''November Rain'' video, right, was a fake, made out of the cardboard on the day. It is therefore quite easy to recreate this shot, in your local park. All you need is some cardboard, sticky tape, a silly wig and hat, and a drone with a go-pro (or in my case, an obedient child with an cameraphone on a bicycle). | Odd spot: the charming American Gothic church in the ''November Rain'' video, right, was a fake, made out of the cardboard on the day. It is therefore quite easy to recreate this shot, in your local park. All you need is some cardboard, sticky tape, a silly wig and hat, and a drone with a go-pro (or in my case, an obedient child with an cameraphone on a bicycle). | ||
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