I don't see how borrowing the Swedish "point of interest" symbol for the command key is "misunderstanding" something - as I understand the story, they just like

I don't see how borrowing the Swedish "point of interest" symbol for the command key is "misunderstanding" something - as I understand the story, they just liked the symbol and decided to use it. Also, I'm certainly not a US apologist, but I also don't see how the US using the short scale is a case of misunderstanding - it sounds like they just decided that it makes more sense that way (and I would agree, although maybe that's just because I'm used to it).