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Assuming this was made in China, there are two sources of confusion that could lead to this mix up. 1. The letter 'A' and an upside down Y-shaped character sh
by louprado 9y ago
Assuming this was made in China, there are two sources of confusion that could lead to this mix up.
1. The letter 'A' and an upside down Y-shaped character share the same key on a Chinese/English key board. This could lead to an unintended subconscious relationship between these symbol shapes.[1]
2. The orientation of these characters abruptly changed on the ball graphic between W and Q, leaving the orientation of the Y-shaped letter unclear to someone with minimal familiarity of Latin letters. An upside down Y is also easy to confuse with the letter A if you are not familiar.
This all assumes that Axe was the first common-'A' word selected. Perhaps they postponed the choice of the common-'Y' word given it is challenging. After misattributing Y for A, then someone just added an Apple graphic.
[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Standard_Taiwanese_Keyboard_Layout.svg/420px-Standard_Taiwanese_Keyboard_Layout.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/St...
- louprado 9y ago⅄xe