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====In speech==== Sometimes the word ''slash'' is used in speech as a [[conjunction (grammar)|conjunction]] to represent the written role of the character (as if a written slash were being read aloud from text), e.g. "bee slash mosquito protection" for a beekeeper's net hood,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxHrqCxjP2U |title=YouTube video: "''Back Like I Never Left - Jourdan River Vacation House Hive Removal''" |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221221033/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxHrqCxjP2U&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live}}</ref> and "There's a little bit of nectar slash honey over here, but really it's not a lot." (said by a beekeeper examining in a beehive),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybW0QLxQEg YouTube video "Drone laying hive building up and getting new equipment"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403045141/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybW0QLxQEg&gl=US&hl=en |date=3 April 2020}} at time 9:16</ref> and "''[[Gastornis]]'' slash ''[[Diatryma]]''" for two supposed genera of prehistoric birds which are now thought to be one genus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amUhDAyYvkY |title=The Terror Duck - Gastornis at time 5:30 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106005559/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amUhDAyYvkY |url-status=live}}</ref>
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