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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Anyone know the word for...? #3379 06/08/2000 1:01 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13 Sydney, Australia Meta4 stranger Meta4 stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13 Sydney, Australia There is a word for the little arrow that says "You are Here" on a map. I read it about a year ago. Anyone know the word for this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anyone know the word for...? #3380 06/08/2000 11:59 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Sorry, Meta4, I don't know the word for that little arrow, but it reminds me of a cartoon I saw years ago showing a similar map in an airport terminal with an arrow saying 'You are here' and another arrow some distance away saying 'Your luggage is here'. I bet there's a word for that! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anyone know the word for...? #3381 06/08/2000 6:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky How about pointer or indicator? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anyone know the word for...? #3382 06/09/2000 12:12 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York >>...a cartoon I saw years ago showing a similar map in an airport terminal with an arrow saying 'You are here' and another arrow some distance away saying 'Your luggage is here'. I bet there's a word for that!<< Paul, I bet we all know that word, but the AWAD gurus won't let it slip through Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anyone know the word for...? #3383 06/09/2000 8:35 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 I think the cartoon was along the lines of "Breakfast in London, Lunch in Paris, Luggage in Rome" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anyone know the word for...? #3384 06/12/2000 4:43 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I vaguely remember hearing of an airline, somewhere in Eastern Europe I think it was, which had the slogan "We send your luggage in all directions" until someone had a quiet word with them. Probably an urban legend, but ... Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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