Decades ago when we made a version of our Win32 desktop app for the USA, we changed the icon on our settings button from a wrench to something else (I can't remember what) because we were told that - for Americans - a wrench signified that something was broken and needed to be fixed. I guess it was about as good as all the other advice we got!

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JohnBooty 7 days ago | parent [-]

Wow. As an American, I didn't know we had special feelings about wrenches!

	▲	JdeBP 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Heh! Your feelings are so strong that you don't even call a spanner a spanner because the word entered mainstream English (during the industrial revolution) after U.S.A. independence. (-:
	▲	PlunderBunny 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, I didn't believe it at the time - it was just one of those overly broad generalisations people do.