title: Please teach me a good mnemonic for remembering "slash" vs. "backslash"
body: <p>I have a colleague who keeps confusing slashes "slash" and "backslash" (As in: "Should I escape such-and-such with a slash?" My answer: "No.")</p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to teach him the difference but so far just  telling him the name of the symbol doesn't seem to stick. That's why I'm trying find a good mnemonic to help him remember, but I can't think of one.</p>
  
  <p>I have seen the following:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>/ is like a guy leaning forward<br>
    \ is like a guy leaning BACKward</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But that requires you to remember that the guy is facing right, which just shifts the burden of remembering one arbitrary datum to remembering another arbitrary datum. (Case in point: when I told him that mnemonic, his response was "Oh yes, I see. But that only works if I remember that the guy is walking to the left." D'oh!)</p>
  
  <p>So, is there a more easily remembered mnemonic for slash-vs-backslash? Perhaps one that relates to real-world experience?</p>