Togetherness of mankind

Unity of humankind could be promoted by using two words shared all over the world on doors. Instead of "push" and its many language-dependent equivalents we could write: TO; instead of "pull": OT. All tourists would know what to do, even if they are accustomed to Asian or Arabic signs, because TO and OT are visually extremely simple: two straight lines and an ellipse (almost pictograms). On a transparent door it is enough to stick the letters on 1 side of the door (saving another sticker and protecting the sticker from rain), the right word is shown for the other side too (symmetric word-pair consisting of symmetric letters). Color-coding: "TO" would be green (because the traffic light 'go' is green); "OT" red (someone opening the door from the other side can hit you with the door, you can hit your toes while pulling the door). Pronunciation is very simple, too.

What is your opinion, suggestion? to.ot.the.door@gmail.com

1, Would you help spreading this idea? It would be needed.

2, Would your company/organization be the first to write TO / OT on its doors?

Janos Ratkai

3, Who do you think could be champions of this idea?

4, Which blogs', forums' communities like discussing innovative ideas?

5, Which companies/organizations would write TO / OT on their doors?

A word is better than a pictogram, because it can be pronounced, used as a verb.

Should TO / OT be used besides or instead of their language-dependent equivalents?

OT: red, yellow, or white? Red is the most visible (especially in sunlight); red rightly expresses danger: do not stand here, if others open the door it can hit you, and take care of your toes and your child's and dog's toes when you pull the door. But red can be interpreted: stop, no entrance; which is not the case. Traffic amber is better in this sense: wait a moment, then you can go. But amber is not used everywhere and it is followed by red sometimes.

Similar to esperanto. Only two common words, not a whole language, but seen by billions of people and not only a million.

One shared word-pair is a small factor, but can be important emotionally and unconsciously. Those who speak the same language tend to ally; wars are now usually between those who speak different languages.