via atmostheory.com
(For non-Mac users, command-c=copy and command-n=new)
Apple’s special Command Key was borrowed from a Scandinavian symbol for areas of special cultural interest, also known as Saint John’s Arms. But what’s far more interesting are all the nick-names Mac users around the world have called this “Place of Interest Sign.”
Cloverleaf
Splodge
Splat
Box Button
Pretzel
Rune
Puppy Paw
Tic Tac Toe
Funny Thing
Flower
Puppy Foot
Funky
Bug
Curly
Freeway
Open Apple
Super Sprint
Infinity Loop
Bow
Helicopter
Propeller
Cauliflower
Butterfly
Bowen Knot
Clover
Squiggly
Daisy
Beanie
Overpass
Curly-Do
(thanks to http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/01/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-the-apple-clover-symbol/ for most of these extra non-wikipedia nicknames)
Posted via web from Jason Theodor’s Creative Method and Systems Channel
