Re: CHAT When is a bath not a bath? (Re: Hymn to IKEA etc)

At least in the United States, these symbols are standardized, and were
designed as part of a set by the American Institute of Graphic Arts
and the United States Department of Transportation.  They are viewable
here: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?CategoryID=38 .
-M

wrote:
> I mentioned universal pictograms for 'Men' and
> 'Ladies', but after I thought it over a little, I
> wondered: are they really so universal ? It seems that
> the design style can change rather much from one place
> to another. For ex, in France, Man and Woman are often
> drawn in XIXth century costumes, although we not at
> all go dressed like that ! We could imagine that in
> Afghanistan, the pictograms would figure a man with a
> turban and local dress, and a woman in chador ?
>

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