join_the_iww [he/him] to askchapo • 11 months agoWhat is your opinion of this tweet?imagemessage-square55 fedilinkarrow-up151file-text
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minus-squareAdkml [he/him]hexbear10·11 months agoThat's pretty cool the word (symbol? character?) for construction looks like an I beam. link
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]hexbear11·edit-211 months agoPictographs can be fun like that. Like the character for "fire" 火 looks kinda like a camp fire. You got your little pyramid of wood and two little "flames" coming off it. link
minus-squarebendan [none/use name]hexbear8·11 months agoit originally depicted some variant of this but yeah the I-beam definitely helped cement* the continued use of this character * link
That's pretty cool the word (symbol? character?) for construction looks like an I beam.
Pictographs can be fun like that. Like the character for "fire" 火 looks kinda like a camp fire. You got your little pyramid of wood and two little "flames" coming off it.
it originally depicted some variant of this but yeah the I-beam definitely helped cement* the continued use of this character
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