Editing Interlingue (section)

=== Symbol ===
The symbol of Occidental and its dimensions<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cosmoglotta B, 1936, p. 12|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=e0m&datum=1936&page=12&size=45|access-date=22 December 2020|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413203613/https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=e0m&datum=1936&page=12&size=45|url-status=live}}</ref> were chosen in 1936 after some deliberation and many other proposed symbols that included stylized letters, a star (as in Esperanto and Ido), a setting sun to represent the sun in the west (the Occident), a globe, and more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=e0m&datum=1935&page=3&size=45|title=Cosmoglotta B, 1935, p.3|access-date=23 February 2019|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415014857/https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=e0m&datum=1935&page=3&size=45|url-status=live}}</ref> The tilde, already used by the Occidental-Union, was eventually selected based on five criteria:<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=e0m&datum=1936&size=45&page=11|title=ÖNB-ANNO - Cosmoglotta (Serie B)|website=anno.onb.ac.at}}</ref> symbolic character, simplicity, originality, unlikeliness to be confused with another symbol, and for being bichromatic (having two colours) as opposed to polychromatic. Beyond the five criteria, the Occidentalists at the time referenced the advantages of the lack of a fixed meaning for the tilde in the public sphere, and its similarity to a waveform, implying speech.<ref name=":11" />