why is it slashdot and not dotslash?

[SSSnail]

Huh?

 

[mugs]

Good question.

 

[Ns1]

cuz slashdot sounds cooler?

 

[purbeast0]

because thats what they named it.

 

[mugs]

"Officially, the name "Slashdot" was chosen to confuse those who tried to pronounce the URL of the site ("h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-org").[1]"

They must agree with these idiots:
http://no-www.org/