Re: Interesting visuals on control panel

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

That said, if you're able to sell a snow blower in Nigeria, your
persuasiveness far outshines your need for regional pictogram
accuracy. ;-)

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Case in (possible) point: These symbols may not work in Norway. It used to be that for Norwegians, the goat was the animal that symbolized speed. Because of its ability to move on rocky slopes, it was the fastest thing they knew.
>
> Would a Norwegian snow blower show symbols of a goat and a tortoise?
>
> In Nigeria it would be a cheetah and a tortoise.
>
> In Australia it would probably be a boomslang and a koala.

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