WHY THINGS DIFFER!
In the real world many times we come across a product with certain specifications which will have different meanings in different backgrounds but we will not be knowing it really. It seems very interesting if we really came to know the meanings. If we look around, we will find things differing based on culture, location. The same thing is carried out in different ways, the same thing will have a different meaning because of regional, and cultural differences. In the following article, some similar examples in our life are discussed in detail.
1. 3-BLADE FANS IN INDIA WHILE 4-BLADE FANS IN USA
In India, fans are used as the main source of cooling as the majority of the population here cannot afford ACs so 3-Blade fans being light operate at greater strength and are energy efficient which keeps a check on the electricity bill. But, fans in the US are used to supplement AC so the four blade keeps the speed of fans slow and hence such fans are used in the US.
Reference: www.scoopwhoop.com
2. SOME COUNTRIES DRIVE ON LEFT WHILE SOME COUNTRIES DRIVE ON RIGHT
Majority of old British colonies drive on the left and the ones driving to the left comprise about 35% of World’s population. In the past almost, everybody preferred to travel on left as the majority of them used to carry swords in their right hand being right handed which was a more sensible option as it would help in fighting in the opponent being near to opponent. But in late 1700s farm products in US and France were transported in huge wagons pulled by horses. Driver’s seat used to miss in those wagons. So, the driver used to sit on a left rear horse to keep his right arm free for controlling the remaining team of horses. Therefore, he used to travel keeping on the right side of the road. So same trend of driving on right was continued in the US followed by many countries of Europe but the British and its colonies kept the trend of moving on the left side of rad and made laws of driving on the left side of the road.
Reference: www.worldstandards.eu
3. DIFFERENT PASSPORT COLOURS
There are four major variants of passport colours in the world and they hold their significance. The variants are Red, Blue, Green, Black. The countries with a history of communism or currently with Communist regime possess red colour cover. Examples of such countries are Slovenia, China, Serbia, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Poland. The blue colour is considered as a symbol of the new world and 15 Caribbean countries possess blue passports and South American countries symbolize the connection with Mercosur by keeping blue coloured passports. Even US passports were changed to blue colour in 1976. As Green is considered a sacred colour in the Islamic religion, most Muslim countries possess green coloured passports. Even some Western African countries possess various shades of green in passport signifying their connection to the Economic Community of West African States. Amongst the citizens of many African countries, black colour is highly popular and New Zealand too possesses the Black colour as it is their national colour.
Reference: www.brightside.me
4. DIFFERENT GESTURES
Thumbs Up which is widely used as a sign of approval or agreement relates to an offensive symbol in Bangladesh and the Middle East. The horn fingers which generally gives a signal of Rock On and of approval is used a symbol of cheating by a spouse in some Mediterranean and Latin countries. The V-sign in the US which generally is used as a symbol of victory and peace in the US and across the world but in places such as UK, Australia, and South Africa, V-sign with the back of the hand towards another person is considered highly offensive.
Reference: www.huffingtonpost.com
5. 1366 X 768 is used as a Common Laptop Screen Resolution
When you extend a 768-pixel tall screen to be a 16:9 widescreen, it ends up noticeably 1366 x 768. So, when a lot of LCD makers expected to deliver TV screens for a wide-angle proportion, they drew on the experience chain of the 1024 x 768 PC showcase since the 768-pixel tall frame factor was one with the most introduced base. Since 1366 x 768 displays videos well, those panels are highly used for video watching is prominent.
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Written By: Sajag Ved
