diff --git a/language/peg/ebnf/ebnf.factor b/language/peg/ebnf/ebnf.factor
index 70513c291d..85dd77f153 100644
--- a/language/peg/ebnf/ebnf.factor
+++ b/language/peg/ebnf/ebnf.factor
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ C: <ebnf> ebnf ;
         [
             [ char: \ = ] satisfy
             [ "\"\\" member? ] satisfy 2seq ,
-            [ char: " = not ] satisfy ,
+            [ char: \" = not ] satisfy ,
         ] choice* repeat1 "\"" "\"" surrounded-by ,
         [ char: ' = not ] satisfy repeat1 "'" "'" surrounded-by ,
     ] choice* [ "" flatten-as unescape-string ] action ;
diff --git a/language/slots/syntax/syntax.factor b/language/slots/syntax/syntax.factor
index 0ea5c5876b..27c33527e0 100755
--- a/language/slots/syntax/syntax.factor
+++ b/language/slots/syntax/syntax.factor
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ USING: combinators combinators.smart fry kernel lexer quotations
 sequences sequences.generalizations slots words ;
 in: slots.syntax
 
-SYNTAX: slots[
+SYNTAX: \ slots[
     "]" [ reader-word 1quotation ] map-tokens
     '[ _ cleave ] append! ;
 
-SYNTAX: slots{
+SYNTAX: \ slots{
     "}" [ reader-word 1quotation ] map-tokens
     '[ [ _ cleave ] output>array ] append! ;
 
@@ -18,23 +18,23 @@ SYNTAX: slots{
 : writer-word<< ( name -- word )
     ">>" prepend "accessors" lookup-word ;
 
-SYNTAX: set-slots[
+SYNTAX: \ set-slots[
     "]" [ >>writer-word 1quotation ] map-tokens
     '[ _ spread ] append! ;
 
-SYNTAX: set-slots{
+SYNTAX: \ set-slots{
     "}" [ >>writer-word 1quotation ] map-tokens
     [ length ] [ ] bi
     '[ _ firstn _ spread ] append! ;
 
-SYNTAX: copy-slots{
+SYNTAX: \ copy-slots{
     "}" [
         [ reader-word 1quotation ]
         [ writer-word<< 1quotation ] bi append
     ] map-tokens
     '[ swap _ cleave ] append! ;
 
-SYNTAX: get[ postpone\ slots[ ;
-SYNTAX: get{ postpone\ slots{ ;
-SYNTAX: set[ postpone\ set-slots[ ;
-SYNTAX: set{ postpone\ set-slots{ ;
+SYNTAX: \ get[ postpone\ slots[ ;
+SYNTAX: \ get{ postpone\ slots{ ;
+SYNTAX: \ set[ postpone\ set-slots[ ;
+SYNTAX: \ set{ postpone\ set-slots{ ;