Signs

After the discussion in class on Thursday I have found myself evaluating and thinking about signs and what the mean quite frequently. One example of what I thought about was the new "MU" logo for Malone University. The other day at practice we received our new jackets with this "MU" logo. As I looked at the logo I realized that some people would understand what the MU stood for while others maybe confused. As I thought about it I thought about the fact that of course almost everyone on Malone's campus would know what the "MU" stood for and probably many people around the Canton area since it is a local university. Then I thought that people around Columbus where I am from would probably have a more difficult time understanding the meaning of the embroidered "MU". After this encounter with a certain sign I realized that some signs may be more familiar or well recognized by people depending on location or other differences between people. Even though some signs maybe more familiar towards a certain type of people we still have the universal symbols that are familiar to a large number of people. An example of a universal sign would be like the stop sign that we discussed in class. Whether it is a "local" sign or a universal sign we can see that are everyday lives are overwhlemed with signs everywhere.