Circle Slash

The history of the red circle with a slash ‘Do Not’ symbol →

https://tedium.co/2024/03/09/red-circle-slash-no-symbol-history

What a journey we’re taken on here: The League of Nations; who invented stoplights; World War II; Ghostbusters.

The article also triggered a memory for me: When I was traveling in Europe last year, I finally realized that all the Stop signs actually said “Stop”. You know, in English, even in countries that weren’t English-speaking. An example from Spain:

And it was yet another time I realized how ubiquitous English is around the world, and how lucky I am to have been born speaking it as my primary (and, still, only 😔)