Mnoho lid\u00ed vid\u00ed symbol \u201eWC\u201c na dve\u0159\u00edch toalet, ani\u017e by v\u011bd\u011bli, co to vlastn\u011b znamen\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P\u0159esto tento mal\u00fd symbol fascinuje miliony lid\u00ed po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Najdete ho v restaurac\u00edch, na vlakov\u00fdch n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00edch, leti\u0161t\u00edch a dal\u0161\u00edch ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch m\u00edstech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\u010dkoli je b\u011b\u017en\u00fd, jeho v\u00fdznam z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 pro n\u011bkter\u00e9 nejasn\u00fd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eWC\u201c je zkratka pro \u201eWater Closet\u201c (splachovac\u00ed z\u00e1chod). P\u016fvodn\u011b se tento term\u00edn vztahoval na toaletu vybavenou splachovac\u00edm syst\u00e9mem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Term\u00edn vznikl v 19. stolet\u00ed ve Velk\u00e9 Brit\u00e1nii. B\u011bhem t\u00e9to doby se v dom\u00e1cnostech a ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch budov\u00e1ch postupn\u011b instalovaly vnit\u0159n\u00ed toalety, co\u017e v\u00fdrazn\u011b zlep\u0161ilo hygienu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zkratka \u201eWC\u201c se rychle roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159ila. Stala se b\u011b\u017enou a pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 se v mnoha zem\u00edch, dokonce i v t\u011bch, kde se nemluv\u00ed anglicky. Zahrani\u010dn\u00ed cestovatel\u00e9 tento symbol rozpoznaj\u00ed a okam\u017eit\u011b v\u011bd\u00ed, \u017ee znamen\u00e1 toaletu. Tato jednoduchost a jednotnost p\u0159isp\u011bly k jeho celosv\u011btov\u00e9mu \u00fasp\u011bchu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koncept vodn\u00ed toalety zp\u016fsobil v 19. stolet\u00ed revoluci v dom\u00e1c\u00ed hygien\u011b. D\u0159\u00edve se v\u011bt\u0161ina dom\u00e1cnost\u00ed spol\u00e9hala na venkovn\u00ed latr\u00edny nebo kbel\u00edky. Vyn\u00e1lez toalety umo\u017enil lep\u0161\u00ed kontrolu z\u00e1pachu a zlep\u0161en\u00ed ve\u0159ejn\u00e9ho zdrav\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Term\u00edn \u201eklozet\u201c ozna\u010doval malou m\u00edstnost nebo soukromou \u0161atnu, zat\u00edmco \u201esprchov\u00fd z\u00e1chod\u201c ozna\u010doval p\u0159\u00edtomnost odvod\u0148ovac\u00edho syst\u00e9mu. Ran\u00e9 toalety byly \u010dasto vyrobeny z porcel\u00e1nu a m\u011bly splachovac\u00ed mechanismus p\u0159ipojen\u00fd k n\u00e1st\u011bnn\u00e9 n\u00e1dr\u017ece. Symbol pro toalety tehdy je\u0161t\u011b neexistoval, ale tento term\u00edn se pou\u017e\u00edval v architektonick\u00fdch pl\u00e1nech a popisech budov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S n\u00e1r\u016fstem mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho cestov\u00e1n\u00ed se stala nezbytn\u00e1 standardizace ozna\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed toalet. Zkratka \u201eWC\u201c se objevila na ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch informa\u010dn\u00edch tabul\u00edch a map\u00e1ch. Byla p\u0159ijata v Evrop\u011b, Asii a mnoha dal\u0161\u00edch kontinentech a nab\u00eddla jednoduch\u00e9 \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed probl\u00e9mu orientace na ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch m\u00edstech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slovo \u201eWC\u201c se dodnes objevuje na dve\u0159\u00edch toalet po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b. P\u0159esto\u017ee n\u011bkter\u00e1 za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed pou\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed modern\u00ed piktogramy zobrazuj\u00edc\u00ed mu\u017ee nebo \u017eenu, tato zkratka z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 univerz\u00e1ln\u00ed a snadno srozumiteln\u00e1. Nevy\u017eaduje \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd p\u0159eklad a umo\u017e\u0148uje rychlou orientaci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zna\u010dka \u201eWC\u201c slou\u017e\u00ed i estetick\u00fdm \u00fa\u010del\u016fm. Snadno se hod\u00ed do modern\u00edch interi\u00e9r\u016f, ani\u017e by naru\u0161ovala jejich architekturu nebo dekoraci. Design\u00e9\u0159i ji elegantn\u011b a \u010diteln\u011b integruj\u00ed do dve\u0159\u00ed, st\u011bn nebo sm\u011brov\u00fdch tabul\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tato zkratka si z\u00edskala trval\u00e9 m\u00edsto v popul\u00e1rn\u00ed kultu\u0159e a objevuje se v cestovn\u00edch pr\u016fvodc\u00edch, filmech a dokonce i v suven\u00fdrech. N\u011bkter\u00e9 zem\u011b tuto zkratku p\u0159ijaly ve sv\u00e9m vlastn\u00edm jazyce, ale mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed pou\u017eit\u00ed \u201eWC\u201c z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 nejb\u011b\u017en\u011bj\u0161\u00edm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mal\u00fd symbol n\u00e1m p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1, \u017ee n\u011bkter\u00e9 ka\u017edodenn\u00ed symboly maj\u00ed dlouhou a p\u0159ekvapivou historii. Tento jednoduch\u00fd znak, \u010dasto ignorovan\u00fd, p\u0159edstavoval obrovsk\u00fd skok vp\u0159ed v ka\u017edodenn\u00edm \u017eivot\u011b a ve\u0159ejn\u00e9 hygien\u011b. Ilustruje, jak technick\u00fd term\u00edn z 19. stolet\u00ed obst\u00e1l ve zkou\u0161ce \u010dasu a stal se univerz\u00e1ln\u00edm referen\u010dn\u00edm bodem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eWC\u201c je v\u00edc ne\u017e jen cedule na dve\u0159\u00edch. Symbolizuje historick\u00fd pokrok, mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed standardizaci a praktickou pomoc pro cestovatele. Ti, kte\u0159\u00ed si jeho v\u00fdznamu uv\u011bdomili teprve ned\u00e1vno, nyn\u00ed dok\u00e1\u017e\u00ed ocenit bohatstv\u00ed tohoto decentn\u00edho, ale z\u00e1sadn\u00edho symbolu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mnoho lid\u00ed vid\u00ed symbol \u201eWC\u201c na dve\u0159\u00edch toalet, ani\u017e by v\u011bd\u011bli, co to vlastn\u011b znamen\u00e1. P\u0159esto tento mal\u00fd symbol fascinuje miliony lid\u00ed po \n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions\/2287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fakt24.biz.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}