Speech idioms

Posted: April 18th, 2009 | 3 Comments »

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Idioms going from the interwebs to the physical, seen on ads in Berlin last october.

Thought about it the other day when I overheard a goof on the streets screaming “lol” (in a french conversation), found it funny to think about the transfer of idioms.

Plus, I am always intrigued by speech bubbles on posters.

3 Comments on “Speech idioms”

  1. 1 Arne said at 6:16 am on April 19th, 2009:

    the funny thing is, in Dutch, lol literally means having fun

  2. 2 DaKilla said at 5:05 pm on June 30th, 2010:

    http://animalnewyork.com/2009/05/google-street-view/

  3. 3 Pasta&Vinegar » Blog Archive » Letter box agency and new metaphors in service design said at 6:20 pm on July 3rd, 2010:

    [...] is a stronger acknowledgement of what is delegated to the object. The use of the speech bubble meme also reinforces this [...]

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