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Do you call the X button "X" or "Cross"?
- Thread starter Lant_War
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Funny to see "X" being the winner, here in France since the PS1 I always heard and said "Croix" ("Cross" in French) and almost never "X" unless that's an Xbox, Sega or Nintendo console.
It's four shapes, not letters, so why would one of the button be called like a letter ?
It's four shapes, not letters, so why would one of the button be called like a letter ?
I personally call it the "X" button, but I do see the validity in calling it the "cross" button. If the other buttons were letters and not shapes I would say that you'd be on something if you called it "cross," but the other buttons are "triangle" "circle" and "square" shapes.
Since I hardly ever use a Dualshock controller, to me an X is an X. I could be tempted to call it a cross if I were a Playstation user, just because it fits the 'geometric shapes' pattern, however the English vernacular has long been infected with calling a diagonal cross an "X" and a vertical/horizontal cross a "plus". Thus you don't see people calling the DS controller's X button a "cross", just as you don't see anyone calling the Switch's '+' button a "cross". Nowadays the only things anyone would still commonly call a cross are the religion-related ones.
Rotate that shit 90 degrees if you want me to call it a cross, then we'll talk. But even then, I'd call it a Plus (+).
While the correct answer is cross, I guess that you could say (clockwise):
- Uppercase delta
- O
- X
- Your font doesn't properly support Unicode
Yup, for me it's weird as well. Three shapes and one letter, why???
I'm thinking that it must be a language thing, since cross in english is the religious cross, which is turned 45 degrees from X.
Context is everything
on a PS controller the buttons are SHAPES
so its : triangle - circle - square - cross
on Nintendo and XBOX controllers alle the buttons are designated by LETTERS
so its A - B - X - Y
In france most of the people I know call it "CROIX" (cross) because we learned basic geometry in pre-school, and I'm glad I wasn't indoctrinated by religion enough to think a cross is ONLY a thing you nail people to.
on a PS controller the buttons are SHAPES
so its : triangle - circle - square - cross
on Nintendo and XBOX controllers alle the buttons are designated by LETTERS
so its A - B - X - Y
In france most of the people I know call it "CROIX" (cross) because we learned basic geometry in pre-school, and I'm glad I wasn't indoctrinated by religion enough to think a cross is ONLY a thing you nail people to.
I like how we're 500 posts in and there are still intermittent posts trying to explain why it's "technically a shape".
Language is adaptive. Since the launch on the OG PSX, I have never heard one single human being in real life ever call it "cross". At this point the terms are fungible because everybody knows what you mean so it really doesn't matter.
Language is adaptive. Since the launch on the OG PSX, I have never heard one single human being in real life ever call it "cross". At this point the terms are fungible because everybody knows what you mean so it really doesn't matter.
Well, learn something new every day I guess. I didn't have that context either, so I was understandably confused. "Cross-mas" made some sense to me as a shorthand, but I'm glad to know the real reason.
Honestly, I called it X this whole time, but now that I'm thinking of it, cross makes more sense. None of the other buttons are letters, they are shapes. Kind of random for the button in question to randomly be a letter.
X even though I know it's wrong. Been saying it since I was a child though so I can't really stop now, too much of a habit.
I don't think I'm especially smart nor am I ignorant. I really do wonder ever since why people seemingly intuitively call it X when it clearly is a cross. That's all folks.
Jesus didn't die for our sins upon a sweet DualShock. It's X.
(pretty sure this is just a regional UK vs everyone else thing)
(pretty sure this is just a regional UK vs everyone else thing)
I call it X but it's obviously Cross. That's like calling the circle "O" but there are no letters on the face of the controller.
Cross Marks the spot.
I have to go get a cross-ray on my broken leg.
My cross-wife took everything in the divorce.
Wolverine is my favorite cross-men character.
I have to go get a cross-ray on my broken leg.
My cross-wife took everything in the divorce.
Wolverine is my favorite cross-men character.
It's been "X" for years and it will always be. Besides, maybe Sony isn't aware of it, but that's not a cross.
