Over time, the original literal meaning of a symbol can be quite forgotten, provided that eveyone knows its symbolic meaning. It's normal.
We can see this in our own alphabet. For example, most of us are oblivious to the fact that the letter "K" was originally a picture of a hand, or that "N" was a snake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40180 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
