c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $sq = '\Quick and \Easy \Upper \Limit \\UTTER \\LAUGH \Wow'; print qq{>$sq<}; " >\Quick and \Easy \Upper \Limit \UTTER \LAUGH \Wow< c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $dq = qq{\Quick and \Easy \Upper \Limit \\UTTER \\LAUGH \Wow}; print qq{>$dq<}; " Unrecognized escape \W passed through at -e line 1. >uick\ and\ asy PPER imit \utter \laugh wow<