The letter "x" represents a kiss in Valentine's Day cards. The letter "x" was once used to convey what message?

loominitsa

-- ".One theory holds that the X stands for a kiss because it originally represented a highly stylized picture of two mouths touching -- x. Furthermore, in early times illiterates often signed documents with a St. Andrew's cross of X and kissed that X to show their good faith (as they did with any cross or the Bible, which reinforced the association). But these explanations may be folk etymology, as may the story that mathematically the X is a 'multiplier' -- in this case of love and delight." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997). Feb 14 06, 1:15 PM

dark_euphoria

strangely enough it is commonly theorised that the letter "X" was originally created for the illiterate to sign their name with, as their mark. I do not know When it became a romantic symbol from a symbol of illiteracy Feb 15 06, 7:00 AM

derangedgenius

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