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As the article says it's used for cultural locations here in the North. I asked my family members what they associate it with and got a variety of answers, incl
by arketyp 4y ago
As the article says it's used for cultural locations here in the North. I asked my family members what they associate it with and got a variety of answers, including Viking ornamentation, a citadell layout, house foundation, reminiscence of the infinity symbol (persistence through time). As a kid seeing it on the keyboard next to the Apple logo I thought it looked like a leaves or maybe vines. It's a funny thing the potency of such abstract symbols, adaptable to different contexts via multiple interpretations, but whose shapes are also not completely separated from what they represent.
- Svip 4y agoIn Danish, the key is sometimes jokingly referred to as »seværdighedstasten«. »Seværdighed« being a location of interest (and »tasten« key).
- kreddor 4y agoInteresting. I've heard people refer to it as "museumstasten" (key of museums). Probably a regional thing.
- henryackerman 4y agoI just love how close the word seværdighed is to the dutch word: bezienswaardigheid.
- bouvin 4y agoAt least at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, it was/is colloquially known as 'moesgaard' [1] [1] https://www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/en/ https://www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/en/
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- olodus 4y agoI've always thought the symbol came from its resemblance to the letter H for "Historical location" but the reasons you and the article brings up are probably more likely now that I've heard them.
- dijit 4y agoIt looks almost exactly like dark-ages castle layouts, with 4 bastion towers to cover the corners. Example of Malmo fortification from 1700: https://malmo.se/Uppleva-och-gora/Arkitektur-och-kulturarv/Malmos-historia/Stadens-historia/Fredlig-utveckling-pa-1700-talet.html https://malmo.se/Uppleva-och-gora/Arkitektur-och-kulturarv/M... You can see the Castle and its surrounding moat to the west.
- simondotau 4y agoSo what you're saying is that it's the Dark Castle key.
- gedy 4y agoApple should have built their new headquarters in this shape instead of circle :-)