Unicode Character Bad Naming

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Renamed Slash to Solidus

Unicode changed the name / from slash to solidus. Extremely idiotic.

Silly Unicode Name Change: CENTER to CENTRE

in Unicode, the name of the character

✲ (U+2732: OPEN CENTRE ASTERISK)

Santa Clause vs Father Christmas

Sometimes the naming in tech is really annoying

unicode santa clause 2019-11-11 vzsrs
unicode santa clause 2019-11-11

and santa clause becomes Father Christmas, what the hell?

Lady Bug vs Lady Beetle

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unicode lady bug naming 2019-11-11

you ever heard of anyone call ladybug a lady beetle?