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minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·24 days agoIt is not a Christian cross, the symbol is the dagger † which is also often used for adding post-scriptum information or challenging parts of a text. People often mistake it for a cross, given the look, but there’s no actual preference towards any religion here. The cross is an entirely different unicode character: ✝
minus-squareMustakrakish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 days agoHuh TIL. I searched just to confirm and its listed even on wikipedia itself. Thanks for claifying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagger_(mark)
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoInteresting that the dagger shares it origin with the division symbol (÷).
It is not a Christian cross, the symbol is the dagger † which is also often used for adding post-scriptum information or challenging parts of a text.
People often mistake it for a cross, given the look, but there’s no actual preference towards any religion here.
The cross is an entirely different unicode character: ✝
Huh TIL. I searched just to confirm and its listed even on wikipedia itself. Thanks for claifying.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagger_(mark)
Interesting that the dagger shares it origin with the division symbol (÷).