• moroni@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    This is funny because “push” sounds similar to pull in Portuguese. So it’s very common for new English speakers to read a push/pull sign, get confused, and do the opposite. All of us Portuguese speakers are “gifted” when we are just starting to learn English. 🤣

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      3 months ago

      Nearly 25 years of living in the us and this is my curse, I’ll stare at the door for a second independent of which language it’s written in.

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        3 months ago

        There is guidance for door design on how to best make it clear whether a door is push or pull. It’s easy: put a handle on the pull side and a push plate on the push side