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Or, whither emoji?

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Nov 08, 2024
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Here’s an interesting quote from almost a decade ago:

So it’s official. We are evolving backwards. Emoji, the visual system of communication that is incredibly popular online, is Britain’s fastest-growing language according to Professor Vyv Evans, a linguist at Bangor University.

The comparison he uses is telling – but not in the way the prof, who appears…

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