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Subject:Re: What do you call that thingamajig From:Tracy Boyington <tboyi -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:04:18 +0000
> Calling it the "universal interdiction symbol" is probably correct if you
> are writing for people for whom it's a technical term - graphic design
> types. For a general audience, that's not going to be real clear. If you
> said "universal interdiction symbol" to me without also saying "do not
> sign" or something, I would go "Huh?"
Speaking of "general audience," I remember a preview for a movie (a
very bad one, probably) where an actress called it "universal symbol
for no." I knew exactly what she was talking about.
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington
tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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