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o Re: why does OBE mean Honor ???Carl G

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 by: Carl G - Mon, 22 Jan 2024 04:24 UTC

On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 4:03:03 PM UTC-8, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
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> 2. why are Rebus puzzles called [Dingbats] in the UK?
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> is there a good explanation for it, or is it just historical?

"Dingbat" is a printer's term for a character in a font consisting of symbols. My guess is that rebuses are often consist of several symbols, like those in a dingbat font. I do not know why the font was named "dingbat". It may have been coined by printers based on the sound ("ding", like a bell ringing whenever an unusual symbol is needed-one not in the standard job case).

Carl G.

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