Pointy-talky card

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A US Military point-talk card used in Afghanistan, with the upper left corner being used to describe an individual by indicating their height, eye color, etc. by pointing

A pointy-talky card or point talk card is a sheet used for communication between people who do not share a mutual language, on which the people conversing can point at the pictograph or dual-language phrase that conveys their message.[1] During World War II, memoirs of US servicemen mention using such cards to indicate phrases in Chinese and in French.[2][3] Point talk cards are also used by police and emergency services personnel to communicate with people who do not speak the authority's language.[4]

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