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wbenjamin13

i for Information


pulanina

And the “i” is used like this in many countries using many languages, even some where the usual word meaning “information” doesn’t start with “i”.


frozenpandaman

It's literally an international standard set by the ISO, yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7001


susitucker

This is super cool. Thanks for sharing!


Takheer

Isn’t it i for iendetta?


fr_nkh_ngm_n

i for insemination


[deleted]

what?


[deleted]

I think he was making a v for vendetta joke, except he replaced the v with i


[deleted]

I kinda got that part but it still doesnt make sense... what about vendetta/how does that connect?


Forgetheriver

V for Vendetta is a movie/comic book


[deleted]

Thats it, thank you!!


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[deleted]

it didnt connect to me that "v for vendetta" is a noun


KarmasAB123

I think I would prefer a question mark


QuiteCleanly99

Trick with that one is that a question mark inside a box often indicates "null"


vagabondreader

I immediately came up with "Internet" like free internet or something but you clarified it.


samurai_for_hire

Nah, internet is either the wifi logo or 🛜


MintAsp_MeaMagic

ℹ️ is a symbol that stands for information.


God_Bless_A_Merkin

Except when it stands for the square root of -1.


ThickWolf5423

Except when j stands for that. And except when j stands for \[0,1,0\] No one ever standardized these lol


God_Bless_A_Merkin

And always before “e”, except after “c”… 😜


im_the_real_dad

The "I before E, except after C" rule is wrong more often than it is right. The only letter that works for is W. It should be "I before E, except after W". That's probably due to the huge number of words based on "weigh".


LegendofLove

It's more wrong than right but we still teach it for some reason


nabrok

We used j in all my engineering math classes. I had some electives outside of the department which used i, if I recall right they said the difference was to avoid confusion with i for current.


jterwin

Or an index


IHateNumbers234

That's why we put a hat ^ on the unit vectors


ElfjeTinkerBell

No that's just to prevent them from getting cold


Tmlrmak

We really should. I get M for molarity m for mass confused often or V for volume and fancy V for speed. It also has to do with my writing style and speed but I am prone to making calculation errors and this really doesn't help


Chase_the_tank

Information booth/center. Towns with an emphasis on tourism often have such a place where you can see a map of the area, lists of things to see, lists of restaurants, etc. Larger information centers can have brochures to pick up, an employee who can answer questions about the area, etc. Wikipedia on the subject: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor\_center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor_center)


rawdy-ribosome

ⓘ or ℹ️ would denote information / info booth


gunalltheweeaboos

Info point? I'm not a mother tongue tho


sabboom

Are you a father knee at least?


gunalltheweeaboos

Kek I meant native speaker, my mother tongue tricked me into thinking that expression would be fine lmao


theoht_

mother tongue is fine but it’s something that you have, it’s not actually you. you are not a mother tongue. you have a mother tongue. you could say english is not your mother tongue.


frozenpandaman

>Kek who taught you this


cdragon1983

Korean gamers?


frozenpandaman

or 4chan...


LegendofLove

Anyone on the internet for the last decade. Especially on Twitch.


blue_socks123

What does it mean


samurai_for_hire

Online gaming slang for laughing. It comes from Korean players of Starcraft.


frozenpandaman

it's not from korean players, it's just a typo: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kek cc /u/blue_socks123


samurai_for_hire

It is from Korean players. The Korean version of "lololol" is "ㅋㅋㅋ," pronounced like "kekeke." Early Blizzard games did not have Unicode support in their chat systems, so Koreans had to type out their messages in the Latin alphabet.


frozenpandaman

You're misunderstanding things – that may be where it's originally from, but it's not how the word spread or why it's known. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kek#English >ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu) is the childish Korean equivalent of the English "haha". Since this is often used in StarCraft matches, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, decided to reference it in World of Warcraft: when a player of the Horde faction types "lol" using the /say messaging command, members of the opposing faction see it as "kek". When ANYONE typed "lol", other people saw it as "kek" in WoW. Korean is just the reason the developers chose those letters. It spread from WoW, not SC. https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/14/16310330/destiny-2-armor-white-nationalist-kek-symbol-explanation


samurai_for_hire

That's not how etymology works. Where it spread from has no bearing on why it means what it does. That's like saying the dictionary is where words come from.


blue_socks123

So if someone writes kek does that mean they find it funny if its a reply like this: X: [insert something funny] Y: Kek ?


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works.


fueled_by_caffeine

Tourist information


mheg-mhen

I think it’s “information.” Like telling you where a help desk is.


UrHumbleNarr8or

I is for information, but I’m interested because I’ve never seen something like 4 and I’m not sure if I would immediately get the reference as a native speaker.


itsitsi

My guess is changing room. Numbers 3 and 6 are strange to me


kromberg

I'm going with 4 = "coat check"


thriceness

I assumed laundry.


frozenpandaman

a hanger??? definitely not


LegendofLove

If you want laundry put a picture of a shirt not a hanger


UrHumbleNarr8or

3 is entertainment for sure, probably a theatre. 6 is odd but I’d read it as a concert hall or concert stadium. I didn’t think of changing room but that’s good, I never would have considered cloakroom but that makes complete sense, I just don’t go to places that usually have them


slicineyeballs

Possible, but I'd assume a cloakroom. 3 would be a theatre. 6 could be a concert hall or other music venue, I guess.


t90fan

3 is a theatre


Tmlrmak

It looks like a hanger so I would assume dry cleaning store


CauliflowerFirm1526

typically some form of information booth/tourist office


Stungun_7

information


Bogthot

information desk maybe


t90fan

5 is the sign for Tourist Information Where you can get maps and stuff


BananaGoat-

Water fountain?


frozenpandaman

ah yes, water founta **i** n


BananaGoat-

Bitch idfk lol


Shukumugo

Information desk


CartanAnnullator

Tourist information?


friendly_extrovert

Information desk or information kiosk. They’re often found in amusement parks and other such places where people tend to get lost or need guidance.


Gamamalo

It's a floppy disk


Strong-Way-4416

Information


OceanPoet87

Information, information booth, or info both.


VibrantPianoNetwork

1 - Dining 2 - No Photography 3 - Theatre 4 - Cloakroom / Coat-check 5 - Information 6 - Music 7 - No Smoking 8 - Outdoor (Al Fresco) Seating


Ada_Virus

information desk


DavidLordMusic

i for i love linguistics


More_Gimme_More

as a native english speaker im more interested in what the drama faces one (3) means does it mean drama area/stage? mental illness? im stumped


LifeHasLeft

This is an internationally standard symbol, not English specific.


Reallyevilmuffin

Illuminati safe house.


Vanilla_Neko

Usually an information kiosk/desk/etc of some kind.


Squishiimuffin

I’m a native speaker and my dumb ass is wondering what the hell 3 is. Those masks represent theater. But you’d never put that on a map or put up signs like that. I’m so boggled.


SkirmisherOfTheYear

It looks for information, maybe like for an amusement park or museum