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For the lazy: the symbol (⌘) has apparently been used at Swedish campgrounds and parks for decades. It's used to denote interesting features, both natural and m
by cosmojg 8y ago
For the lazy: the symbol (⌘) has apparently been used at Swedish campgrounds and parks for decades. It's used to denote interesting features, both natural and man-made. It was inspired by the way Swedish castles look from above (a central building with a turret at each corner).
- bowmessage 8y agoAlso used in Iceland!
- runarberg 8y agoApparently it started being used to denote a place of interest in Finland in the 1950's. Funny enough I have always thought that sign was universal, understood by all culture to mean you can park your car here and see something interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looped_square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looped_square
- oblio 8y agoThere's just few things that are truly universal. One example from somewhat nearby: nodding means "no" in Bulgarian.
- rusk 8y agoI've also met some Indian guys who bob their head when they're in agreement which is very similar to how I'd be used to people I know shaking their heads in disagreement.
- firmgently 8y agoI see that as a kind of figure-of-8 movement... when my friend and I visited India we decided that it was a cross between a nod and a shake ie. ambiguous yes/no, non-committal
- madeofpalk 8y agoI saw it in Iceland last year when driving around. Must be a Nordic/Scandinavian thing
- rimliu 8y agoIt's also used in Lithuania.
- mmoez 8y agoAndy Hertzfeld (original Mac's hardware wizard) tells the story in https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Swedish_Campground.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... : Our bitmap artist Susan Kare had a comprehensive international symbol dictionary and she leafed through it, looking for an appropriate symbol that was distinctive, attractive and had at least something to do with the concept of a menu command. Finally she came across a floral symbol that was used in Sweden to indicate an interesting feature or attraction in a campground.
- unicornporn 8y ago> the symbol (⌘) has apparently been used at Swedish campgrounds and parks for decades That's not how I know the sign. The Swedish Transport Agency has a page for this road sign[1]. It says, roughly translated: “The symbol indicates an historic site [or attraction] of national interest. The nature of the historic site is indicated in connection with the symbol.” So, it's probably more commonly used to mark viking age burial grounds than campgrounds. -- Picky Swede [1] https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/sv/vagtrafik/Vagmarken/Lokaliseringsmarken-for-upplysning-om-serviceanlaggningar-med-mera/Sevardhet/ https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/sv/vagtrafik/Vagmarken/Lok...
- grkvlt 8y ago> [...] used at Swedish campgrounds and parks for decades. It's used to denote interesting features They aren't saying its used to denote the campground, rather the presence of a historic site or attraction at the campground.