Tuesday, 17 September 2002
The future is now
From Wired (naturally), pictorial languages--glyphs ahoy--take off in Japan. Not content with the standard emoticons and kanji, the Japanese are creating a whole slew of new graphics, called emoji. Carrier specific so far, and guaranteed to have those moaning about IM English in instant apopleptic fits:
"Ten minutes late to meet your friends at Shibuya's Module? Select E024, E229, and E047, and they'll know to start drinks without you. Hanako Matsumura, 24, often sends messages using nothing but emoji. "My friends can understand me merely by looking."" [more]
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