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It’s the year 2023 and people are still using “X” to represent the number ten.
And “A” to represent the wide open mouth vowel … and …. You get the point.
I wonder what the oldest symbols still in use are? You could probably argue for some of the old language roots for say water that arguably as far back as language itself.
2 points
Speaking of water… How often do you actually see a drop of water shaped like a drop? Almost never
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