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

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 ?

So maybe in various areas, pictograms will evolute
their own way, until it will be no more understandable
universally ? Or maybe it will be the contrary: there
will be an international norm (simplified, stylized
sign), and only pictograms following the norm will be
authorized ?

--- Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...> wrote:
> Probably the most common words for indicating which
> is the man's room and
> which the lady's room is "ellos" and "ellas"
> respectively (a far second
> after the respective stilized man and woman
> figures).
>

=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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