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December 14, 2006
Non-Alphabetical Character of the Year for 2006
The Non-Alphabetical Character of the Year for 2006 has been selected: &. The Committee decided on & due to the year being host to "multiple events." Chairman of the Committee explained, "So many things happened in 2006. This and that and this and that other thing. We felt like & was the obvious choice to represent the vast number of unrelated events that transpired over the last 365 days."
Runners-up included # (society's obsession with celebrity rankings), @ (the rise of the internet), © (the battles over copyright), † (the rise and fall of Christianity in politics), Ω (a new interest in horseshoes among young people), and ≈ (some squiggly lines).
Posted by marxy at December 14, 2006 11:15 AM
Comments
makes me want to play Nethack
Posted by: Teman at December 14, 2006 12:35 PM
Another year that ♨, U+2668 "Hot Springs" gets screwed over by the PC bean counters.
Posted by: Carl at December 14, 2006 1:08 PM
I like this one:"ܫ" as in:
(๑￫ܫ￩人￫ܫ￩๑)
★★★
♡♡♡
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at December 14, 2006 2:38 PM
but which tarento was named Non-Alphabeticalist of the year? ¡Enquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Your Humble Janitor at December 14, 2006 7:14 PM
you're being modest, we all know that Ω stands for terminal decline.
Posted by: alin at December 14, 2006 7:53 PM
It's funny, you had that big post about kanji the other day - I always use the & to help explain to people kinda what kanji are and how they work.
Posted by: DB at December 14, 2006 7:57 PM
That's a good way to think about it DB.
I will try on my Grandmother this Christmas.
Posted by: Rory P. Wakekrest at December 15, 2006 3:04 PM
Omega is a non-alphabetical character?
Posted by: me_vs_gutenberg at December 15, 2006 10:06 PM