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I can see how you would connect it to a campground, but actually, in danish and swedish, its the sign for a Historic site.

Thats also the reason why ppl find it very very wierd in scandinavia.. why to copy a file, do i press "historic site" + c???

evidence http://www.kulturarv.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/kulturarv/fort...

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Officially "Sevärdhet" ("Place of interest") in Swedish, doesn't have to be a historic site.

Same in Norway, and I assume this is how these signs are used throughout the Nordic countries. "Severdighet" could also be roughly translated into "tourist attractions", as they are mostly used for that.

http://i.imgur.com/0jdn2.jpg

I actually think it would help in teaching about the key combinations. I think I will use this story next time I do an intro to the Mac class.

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