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]
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]