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Emoji(s)

Love them to bits. They can express things quickly in ways words can’t. 😁 is my favourite. But there is also 🥰 and 🥳 and 👍. And let’s not forget these 🙌 and 👏. We used to have quite a capable foreign minister back in Australia with a flair for emoji use. Although it did…

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Love them to bits. They can express things quickly in ways words can’t.

😁 is my favourite. But there is also 🥰 and 🥳 and 👍.

And let’s not forget these 🙌 and 👏.

We used to have quite a capable foreign minister back in Australia with a flair for emoji use. Although it did raise some questions.

I did some googling to find out the history of emojis. Looks like they were created in 1999 by Shigetaka Kurita for the Japanese market.

Their first iteration was very simple. Only 12 pixels by 12 pixels. But their popularity grew rapidly.

By 2007, they were in the first iPhone. And thanks to Unicode, they now flex across other platforms.

Now that’s something to 😁 about, right?

For #bloganuary. What emoji(s) do you like to use?

17 responses to “Emoji(s)”

  1. Rebecca Cuningham Avatar
    Rebecca Cuningham

    Thanks, I didn’t know the history! Japanese visual art is so influential worldwide; manga, hello kitty, emojis. These little emoticons are so central to our daily communications.

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      It is! One could say they’ve changed the world… well, helped how we communicate anyway.

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      1. Rebecca Cuningham Avatar
        Rebecca Cuningham

        Yes, those little winks, grins and hearts give the flavor to our words, like spices but cuter.

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      2. AggieSoon Avatar
        AggieSoon

        😁👍👏

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  2. ReginaMary Avatar
    ReginaMary

    My favorite emojis are hearts and of course, the puppy (which, in both cases, means love)

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      Nice! Totally forgot about ❤️❤️❤️!

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  3. Alison Avatar
    Alison

    I love an emoji and frequently use them on my posts. It does make me laugh when people get them wrong though 😂

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      Ooo! I’ve done that in the past! Thought this 🤗 was yay and was enthusiastically hugging random strangers.

      Like

  4. groundedafrican Avatar
    groundedafrican

    Thanks for sharing the background on emojis. Interesting. 🙏😁

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      Thank you! I thought it was interesting too 😁

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  5. ganga1996 Avatar
    ganga1996

    Thanks for sharing the history 👍

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      No problems! My pleasure 😁

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  6. Rebecca Moon Ruark Avatar
    Rebecca Moon Ruark

    This is so fun! And I loved that hysterical article you linked to about the Australian foreign minister’s emoji use. It is a brave new world, isn’t it!?

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      It is indeed! Who knew an angry emoji could be so much trouble? 😆

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      1. Rebecca Moon Ruark Avatar
        Rebecca Moon Ruark

        Ha, right!?

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  7. Lightness Traveling Avatar
    Lightness Traveling

    I’ve always been partial to the Asian variety…
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    1. AggieSoon Avatar
      AggieSoon

      😁😁😁

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