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Alphabet - truth.
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Kiwi yes, so true.
One time when Infromation Systems was forcing us to switch to the new and improved way of accessing the hospital system, I decided to look at the history of the alphabet. This was 10 years ago, so maybe my facts will be a little loose. But it's close enough.
5000-6000 years ago the Sumerians developed a system of symbols called pictographs. Each word and object had a pictograph. Thousands of pictographs. They're were a small group of learned people whose only job was working with the symbols. They spent their entire life learning these symbols. Only the elite of the society could study these because the rest of society was illiterate. The Egyptians developed hieroglyphs. Same thing, only the elite were involved. These pictrographs and hieroglyphs are also known as icons.
Merchant sailors along the Mediterranean Sea, traveled from country to country to sell their goods. They were considered the low caste illiterate of society. These unschooled merchants started to develop letters to document a sale for their goods. While these seaman merchants didn't have a common language, they were able over time to develop common symbols known far and wide by the masses The letters over time became the alphabet as we know today. Worked very nicely for thousands of years. Pictographs and hieroglyphs became obscure and forgotten.
Late in the 20th century, a small group of people developed a language that relatively few could understand. This language incorporates symbols which are referred to as icons as in ancient times. They're thousands of icons. They thought it important that these symbols be used instead of the alphabet. The alphabet that had been used for thousands of years, was set aside. The masses were forced to learn these symbols. Many questions. What does this mean? What's the symbol for ________? What's behind that symbol? What symbol do I click for patient labs? On, on..............
The masses acquiesced to the small group. We use icons, driven by our need to use... The PC, IPhone, IPad, Mario.
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Love the gene pool cartoon!
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Sas - great explanation on the icons to alphabet to icons,
reminds me of this often seen cartoon
which also reminds me of
Love the alpacas
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lol
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FF,
, Thanks, I don't get to use it often. They're is such an irony in it. I'm stuck in the alphabet. Avoiding the cell phones that use icons. Old cell phone that still functioned like the old phones finally broke. The PC was bad enough. Besides I'm cheap. Ditto on the evolution of manLOL0 -
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love love this thread - always makes me smile
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I needed a few things from the grocery store last night, and on my list was a dozen eggs. Imagine my surprise when I went to check to make sure none of them were broken....
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And then I noticed the sign...
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Eggs with little pink ribbons stamped on them fight breast cancer! Now why didn't I know that? And even though they were 50 cents cheaper than the other brands, I still couldn't bear to buy them.
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Welcome to October, AZ
My coworker wore pink yesterday and told me she is going to wear a lot of pink this month for me and breast cancer awareness. Haha I thanked her but told her she really didn't have to do that. She knows my thoughts about pinkwashing and pinktober but she means well.0 -
there is a First Puketober Siteings (sp?) thread that would love the egg pic!
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AZ85 lol that would freak me out ha ha ha bc logo eggs
Hope everybody is having a great weekend
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Notbuyinit also Pinktober revolution, Wish I had tequila right now. I'm in the wait zone. Dinner party at 5pm... ready, now wait......
ENERVA"S here hootiehoooo ENERVA"S here hootiehoooo ENERVA"S here hootiehoooo ENERVA"S here hootiehootiehoo
Julie, she's not a friend. A friend wouldn't wear pink knowing your feelings.
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Oh Sass.... that's a little harsh........ She can be her friend, because SHE thinks of Julie when she sees pink.... And I love pink also....It was my Mom's favorite color...
I got one for you ....when you used to work..... in the hospital.....
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Yeah she likes pink and I don't have bad feelings about it. I explained to her in a gentle and nice way why many breast cancer patients have difficulty with the month of October and Komen, etc. She has always been very supportive
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By the way, I have always loved the color pink. I have one pink blouse I wear to work on occasian but when I wear it, I feel like I'm being a poster child for breast cancer
I'm going clothes shopping today LOL0 -
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Blood moon 2015.
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Is it Fall yet?
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Next September I am going to France. My boyfriend is from France. Excited!
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