The Emoji Have Won the Battle of Words.

The article offers the author's insights on the use of emoji icons in conversation. Topics discussed include the addition of the word to the Oxford English Dictionary, the plan of Unicode Consortium to add 250 emoji, and the problem of mistranslation if sent between different platforms. Also mention...

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Publicado en:New York Times Vol. 163; no. 56575; pp. 8 - 10
Autor principal: BENNETT, JESSICA
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: New York Times 7/27/2014
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Sumario:The article offers the author's insights on the use of emoji icons in conversation. Topics discussed include the addition of the word to the Oxford English Dictionary, the plan of Unicode Consortium to add 250 emoji, and the problem of mistranslation if sent between different platforms. Also mentioned are the lack of standardization in the usage of the emoji and lack of standardized keyboard.