An emoji lost in translation

Earlier this week, I punctuated a message for a colleague with the emoji below: I wanted to express my frustration at a certain situation, by adding an emoji that, in my view, had a certain physical resemblance to me. However, something happened between me (the information source) and my colleague (the destination) such that when … Continue reading An emoji lost in translation

About emojis

Yesterday (July 17th) was, apparently, World Emoji Day. Why? Because the emoji symbol for calendar shows the date July 17th (which, in turn, is based on the logo for Apple’s Calendar app).   According to website Today Translations: Whilst really taking off in 2011 when Apple first offered its users the ability to send emojis on … Continue reading About emojis