{"id":19866,"date":"2026-10-19T17:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/?p=19866"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:38:17","slug":"dve-pismena-ktera-vidame-temer-kazdy-den-vite-co-skutecne-znamena-wc-jejich-historie-vas-mozna-prekvapi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/?p=19866","title":{"rendered":"Dv\u011b p\u00edsmena, kter\u00e1 v\u00edd\u00e1me t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 ka\u017ed\u00fd den. V\u00edte, co skute\u010dn\u011b znamen\u00e1 WC? Jejich historie v\u00e1s mo\u017en\u00e1 p\u0159ekvap\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Na n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00edch, v restaurac\u00edch, obchodn\u00edch centrech i na leti\u0161t\u00edch se pravideln\u011b setk\u00e1v\u00e1me se dv\u011bma jednoduch\u00fdmi p\u00edsmeny \u2013 WC. V\u011bt\u0161ina lid\u00ed okam\u017eit\u011b v\u00ed, kam tato zna\u010dka ukazuje, ale jen m\u00e1lokdo p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161l\u00ed nad t\u00edm, co tato zkratka skute\u010dn\u011b znamen\u00e1. Jej\u00ed p\u016fvod sah\u00e1 a\u017e do 19. stolet\u00ed a souvis\u00ed s dobou, kdy vlastn\u00ed splachovac\u00ed toaleta p\u0159edstavovala mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00fd komfort.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co vlastn\u011b znamenaj\u00ed p\u00edsmena WC?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zkratka WC poch\u00e1z\u00ed z anglick\u00e9ho v\u00fdrazu <em>Water Closet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V historick\u00e9m kontextu se t\u00edmto ozna\u010den\u00edm rozum\u011bla mal\u00e1 m\u00edstnost vybaven\u00e1 splachovac\u00ed toaletou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dnes n\u00e1m takov\u00e9 za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed p\u0159ipad\u00e1 naprosto samoz\u0159ejm\u00e9. V minulosti v\u0161ak \u0161lo o v\u00fdznamn\u00fd pokrok v oblasti bydlen\u00ed a hygieny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V dob\u011b, kdy se za\u010daly roz\u0161i\u0159ovat modern\u00ed vodovodn\u00ed a kanaliza\u010dn\u00ed syst\u00e9my, nebyly toalety uvnit\u0159 obytn\u00fdch budov b\u011b\u017en\u00fdm standardem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mnoho dom\u00e1cnost\u00ed st\u00e1le vyu\u017e\u00edvalo venkovn\u00ed z\u00e1chody, kter\u00e9 se nach\u00e1zely na dvorech nebo v samostatn\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edstavc\u00edch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ozna\u010den\u00ed <em>Water Closet<\/em> proto pom\u00e1halo odli\u0161it modern\u011bj\u0161\u00ed vnit\u0159n\u00ed toaletu od tradi\u010dn\u00edch venkovn\u00edch za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kdysi luxus, kter\u00fd si nemohl dovolit ka\u017ed\u00fd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historie zkratky WC je \u00fazce spojen\u00e1 s rozvojem m\u011bst a modern\u00edho bydlen\u00ed v 19. stolet\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00e1v\u011b tehdy se ve Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nii za\u010daly postupn\u011b prosazovat dokonalej\u0161\u00ed hygienick\u00e9 syst\u00e9my.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zav\u00e1d\u011bn\u00ed vodovod\u016f, kanalizace a splachovac\u00edch toalet z\u00e1sadn\u011b m\u011bnilo ka\u017edodenn\u00ed \u017eivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zpo\u010d\u00e1tku v\u0161ak byly tyto vymo\u017eenosti dostupn\u00e9 p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm bohat\u0161\u00edm dom\u00e1cnostem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00edt toaletu uvnit\u0159 domu znamenalo v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed pohodl\u00ed a p\u0159edstavovalo ur\u010dit\u00fd symbol modern\u00edho bydlen\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teprve postupem \u010dasu se podobn\u00e1 za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159ila mezi \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed vrstvy obyvatelstva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To, co bylo kdysi v\u00fdsadou n\u011bkolika m\u00e1lo lid\u00ed, se postupn\u011b stalo b\u011b\u017enou sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed dom\u00e1cnost\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pro\u010d se pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 pr\u00e1v\u011b WC, kdy\u017e u\u017e t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 nikdo ne\u0159\u00edk\u00e1 Water Closet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zaj\u00edmav\u00e9 je, \u017ee p\u016fvodn\u00ed anglick\u00fd v\u00fdraz se dnes v b\u011b\u017en\u00e9 \u0159e\u010di pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 mnohem m\u00e9n\u011b ne\u017e samotn\u00e1 zkratka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dv\u011b p\u00edsmena v\u0161ak p\u0159e\u017eila cel\u00e9 generace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u016fvod je pom\u011brn\u011b jednoduch\u00fd: ozna\u010den\u00ed WC je kr\u00e1tk\u00e9, snadno zapamatovateln\u00e9 a v mnoha zem\u00edch dob\u0159e srozumiteln\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zat\u00edmco n\u00e1zvy toalet se mezi jednotliv\u00fdmi jazyky v\u00fdrazn\u011b li\u0161\u00ed, zkratka WC se roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159ila daleko za hranice Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setkat se s n\u00ed m\u016f\u017eeme v mnoha evropsk\u00fdch zem\u00edch, ale tak\u00e9 v dal\u0161\u00edch \u010d\u00e1stech sv\u011bta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V\u00fdznamnou roli hraje p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm v m\u00edstech, kde se pohybuj\u00ed turist\u00e9 r\u016fzn\u00fdch n\u00e1rodnost\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Na leti\u0161ti nebo n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00ed m\u016f\u017ee jednoduch\u00e9 ozna\u010den\u00ed pomoci \u010dlov\u011bku zorientovat se, ani\u017e by znal m\u00edstn\u00ed jazyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u0159esto nen\u00ed WC zcela univerz\u00e1ln\u00ed zkratkou a v n\u011bkter\u00fdch zem\u00edch se pou\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed jin\u00e9 n\u00e1zvy \u010di symboly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">V r\u016fzn\u00fdch zem\u00edch se toalet\u00e1m \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 \u00fapln\u011b jinak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u0159esto\u017ee pot\u0159eba hygienick\u00e9ho z\u00e1zem\u00ed je v\u0161ude stejn\u00e1, jednotliv\u00e9 jazyky si vytvo\u0159ily vlastn\u00ed pojmenov\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nap\u0159\u00edklad ve Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1tech se ve ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch prostor\u00e1ch b\u011b\u017en\u011b pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 v\u00fdraz <em>restroom<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V Kanad\u011b je velmi roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159en\u00e9 ozna\u010den\u00ed <em>washroom<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ve Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nii se setk\u00e1me se slovem <em>toilet<\/em>, ale tak\u00e9 s hovorov\u00fdm v\u00fdrazem <em>loo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Na Filip\u00edn\u00e1ch se zase pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 zkratka <em>CR<\/em>, kter\u00e1 poch\u00e1z\u00ed z anglick\u00e9ho spojen\u00ed <em>Comfort Room<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ve francouzsky mluv\u00edc\u00edch zem\u00edch je b\u011b\u017en\u00e9 ozna\u010den\u00ed <em>toilettes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tyto jazykov\u00e9 rozd\u00edly ukazuj\u00ed, jak r\u016fzn\u011b mohou spole\u010dnosti pojmenov\u00e1vat i tak b\u011b\u017enou sou\u010d\u00e1st ka\u017edodenn\u00edho \u017eivota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00e1v\u011b proto se v mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edm prost\u0159ed\u00ed za\u010daly st\u00e1le v\u00edce prosazovat tak\u00e9 obrazov\u00e9 symboly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pro\u010d jsou na dve\u0159\u00edch toalet postavi\u010dky mu\u017ee a \u017eeny?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vedle zn\u00e1m\u00fdch p\u00edsmen WC se v mnoha ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch budov\u00e1ch pou\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed jednoduch\u00e9 piktogramy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nej\u010dast\u011bji jde o stylizovan\u00e9 lidsk\u00e9 postavy, kter\u00e9 maj\u00ed n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk\u016fm pomoci rychle rozpoznat jednotliv\u00e9 toalety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tradi\u010dn\u00ed symboly obvykle zobrazuj\u00ed mu\u017eskou postavu v kalhot\u00e1ch a \u017eenskou postavu v sukni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jejich hlavn\u00ed v\u00fdhodou je jednoduchost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u010clov\u011bk nemus\u00ed \u010d\u00edst \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd text ani zn\u00e1t ciz\u00ed jazyk, aby pochopil z\u00e1kladn\u00ed v\u00fdznam ozna\u010den\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00e1v\u011b srozumitelnost a rychl\u00e1 orientace jsou ve ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch prostor\u00e1ch velmi d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piktogramy se proto staly sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho vizu\u00e1ln\u00edho jazyka, kter\u00fd pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1me \u010dasto zcela automaticky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kdy\u017e se design stane d\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e srozumitelnost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V posledn\u00edch desetilet\u00edch za\u010daly n\u011bkter\u00e9 restaurace, bary a dal\u0161\u00ed podniky pou\u017e\u00edvat kreativn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed ozna\u010den\u00ed toalet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00edsto jednoduch\u00fdch postavi\u010dek se objevuj\u00ed vtipn\u00e9 obr\u00e1zky, neobvykl\u00e9 n\u00e1pisy nebo origin\u00e1ln\u00ed grafick\u00e9 symboly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Takov\u00e9 \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed m\u016f\u017ee p\u016fsobit zaj\u00edmav\u011b a p\u0159isp\u00edvat k osobit\u00e9 atmosf\u00e9\u0159e podniku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e1 v\u0161ak i svou nev\u00fdhodu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u0159\u00edli\u0161 slo\u017eit\u00e9 nebo kulturn\u011b specifick\u00e9 symboly mohou b\u00fdt pro n\u011bkter\u00e9 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edky matouc\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u010clov\u011bk, kter\u00fd nezn\u00e1 m\u00edstn\u00ed jazyk nebo v\u00fdznam ur\u010dit\u00e9ho vtipu, nemus\u00ed okam\u017eit\u011b pochopit, kter\u00e9 dve\u0159e m\u00e1 pou\u017e\u00edt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proto odborn\u00edci na orienta\u010dn\u00ed syst\u00e9my obecn\u011b kladou d\u016fraz p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm na jasnost, jednoduchost a \u010ditelnost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ozna\u010den\u00ed toalet se m\u011bn\u00ed i dnes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V\u00fdvoj hygienick\u00fdch za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed ani jejich ozna\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed se nezastavil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V n\u011bkter\u00fdch ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch budov\u00e1ch se st\u00e1le \u010dast\u011bji objevuj\u00ed tak\u00e9 genderov\u011b neutr\u00e1ln\u00ed toalety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jejich ozna\u010den\u00ed m\u016f\u017ee vyu\u017e\u00edvat jednoduch\u00e9 symboly toalety nebo text, kter\u00fd neodkazuje na konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed pohlav\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C\u00edlem t\u011bchto \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed je nab\u00eddnout p\u0159ehledn\u00e9 a p\u0159\u00edstupn\u00e9 prost\u0159ed\u00ed r\u016fzn\u00fdm skupin\u00e1m n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk\u016f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zp\u016fsob ozna\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed se p\u0159itom li\u0161\u00ed podle zem\u011b, typu budovy i m\u00edstn\u00edch pravidel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zat\u00edmco n\u011bkde p\u0159eva\u017euj\u00ed tradi\u010dn\u00ed piktogramy, jinde se prosazuj\u00ed nov\u00e9 varianty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spole\u010dn\u00fdm po\u017eadavkem v\u0161ak z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1, aby lid\u00e9 dok\u00e1zali toaletu snadno naj\u00edt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dv\u011b oby\u010dejn\u00e1 p\u00edsmena skr\u00fdvaj\u00ed kus historie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Na prvn\u00ed pohled se m\u016f\u017ee zd\u00e1t, \u017ee zkratka WC je jen praktick\u00e9 ozna\u010den\u00ed, nad kter\u00fdm nem\u00e1 smysl p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161let.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ve skute\u010dnosti v\u0161ak p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 obdob\u00ed z\u00e1sadn\u00edch zm\u011bn v bydlen\u00ed, hygien\u011b a ve\u0159ejn\u00e9m zdrav\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Od \u010das\u016f, kdy splachovac\u00ed toaleta p\u0159edstavovala pom\u011brn\u011b vz\u00e1cn\u00e9 vybaven\u00ed, se sv\u011bt v\u00fdrazn\u011b prom\u011bnil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern\u00ed hygienick\u00e1 za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed se stala b\u011b\u017enou sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed \u017eivota milion\u016f lid\u00ed a jejich p\u0159\u00edtomnost dnes v\u011bt\u0161inou pova\u017eujeme za samoz\u0159ejmost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u016fvodn\u00ed ozna\u010den\u00ed v\u0161ak z\u016fstalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A\u017e p\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u011b uvid\u00edte na dve\u0159\u00edch restaurace, n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00ed nebo obchodn\u00edho centra zn\u00e1m\u00e1 p\u00edsmena WC, mo\u017en\u00e1 si vzpomenete, \u017ee nejde jen o oby\u010dejnou zna\u010dku. Jsou to dv\u011b p\u00edsmena, kter\u00e1 v sob\u011b uchov\u00e1vaj\u00ed v\u00edce ne\u017e stolet\u00ed historie modern\u00edho bydlen\u00ed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Na n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00edch, v restaurac\u00edch, obchodn\u00edch centrech i na leti\u0161t\u00edch se pravideln\u011b setk\u00e1v\u00e1me se dv\u011bma jednoduch\u00fdmi p\u00edsmeny \u2013 WC. 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