Ar 03:01 -0800 2000-06-27, scríobh Torsten Mohrin:
>Herman Ranes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>In biology U+2640 is used as a 'female' symbol, and U+2642 as a 'male'
>>symbol, as reflected by their UNICODE names...
>
>In particular in botany and zoology also a symbol for hermaphroditic
>animals (
Herman Ranes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In biology U+2640 is used as a 'female' symbol, and U+2642 as a 'male'
>symbol, as reflected by their UNICODE names...
In particular in botany and zoology also a symbol for hermaphroditic
animals (e.g. snails) and plants is used. It is a combination of
U+
Doug Ewell wrote:
> I have sometimes wondered why these two useful, pre-existing symbols
> are not used in the U.S. to denote 'male' and 'female' on
> e.g. restroom
> doors. One possibility is that, because they are frequently
> associated
> with 'sexuality' or 'relations between the sexes,' th
> I have sometimes wondered why these two useful, pre-existing symbols
> are not used in the U.S. to denote 'male' and 'female' on
> e.g. restroom doors. One possibility is that, because they are
> frequently associated with 'sexuality'
A more likely explanation is that they are almost never us
Herman Ranes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In biology U+2640 is used as a 'female' symbol, and U+2642 as a 'male'
> symbol, as reflected by their UNICODE names...
>
> Occasionally, I have seen these on toilet doors, in Germany and the
> Netherlands I think.
I have sometimes wondered why these two
In biology U+2640 is used as a 'female' symbol, and U+2642 as a 'male'
symbol, as reflected by their UNICODE names...
Occasionally, I have seen these on toilet doors, in Germany and the
Netherlands I think.
They are both in WGL4.
-Herman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skreiv:
>
> I'd think a down-pointing
If we must do this, don't forget, was it Falwell's?, interpretation
of Purple triangles at least in the teletubby arena.
tex
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 08:46:24 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I'd think a down-pointing triangle would be for the LADIES' room,
> > for obvious reasons
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On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 08:46:24 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'd think a down-pointing triangle would be for the LADIES' room,
> for obvious reasons
In another message Clive Hohberger reported about color convention
used in Japan: red for men, blue for women. But in Russia the colors
I'd think a down-pointing triangle would be for the LADIES' room, for obvious
reasons
How about male and female Nidoran at a Pokémon convention?
Once in a book I saw a top hat and top of a cane for the men's room and a fan
for the ladies' room.
I would suggest the digits 0 and 1, except then I
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