Poll: Why is this symbol " : " called a colon?

A punctuation colon is used to explain or start an enumeration. It is completely different than the colon in the digestive tract. Use of the : symbol to mark the discontinuity of a grammatical construction, or a pause of a length intermediate between that of a semicolon and that of a period, was introduced in English orthography around 1600'

Here are the origins for both :

colon (n.1) Look up colon at Dictionary.com

punctuation mark, 1540s, from Latin colon "part of a poem," from Greek kolon (with a long initial -o-) "part of a verse," literally "limb," from PIE root *(s)kel- "to bend, crooked" (see scalene). Meaning evolved from "independent clause" to punctuation mark that sets it off.

colon (n.2) Look up colon at Dictionary.com

"large intestine," late 14c., from Greek kolon (with a short initial -o-) "large intestine, food, meat," of unknown origin.

Derived from the same word, with a different pronounciation , but different meaning.

Hahaha I have to idea but I will research it

and how about this one ";" semi-colon....does that mean it's not all there???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(punctuation)

There's probably some perverted history to it.

so as to not confuse it with ";" semi-colon...

How would you know? Are you a doctor?

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#yolo