(RNS) When I was a young girl, my mother taught me to add “x” and “o ... kiss that man, then this is the man I love and want,’” says Danesi. “So much was packed into that symbol ...

(RNS) When I was a young girl, my mother taught me to add “x” and “o ... sealed with a kiss. “Symbols have a way of jumping from one domain to another, and it’s a small step to come from sealing a ...