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Weißt du, was diese Emojis wirklich bedeuten?

(Do you know what these emojis really mean?)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 30.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, punctuation, texting
Summary | We cannot imagine texting nowadays without emojis. They have become as important to us as punctuation. They serve to add a specific tone to our messages or to present them in a specific light. They are however also very easy to misunderstand. Do we really know what the emojis stand for? Here is an emoji quiz to text your emoji literacy!
Image Description | Artsy photograph of women texting and using emojis, a GIF, and emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), gifs, smartphone

Das Schweigen der Emojis

(The Silence of Emojis)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 12.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | email, emojis, misunderstanding, texting
Summary | Our written and computer-mediated communication is requiring more and more non-textual signs. First the likes of this " :-) " came along and now text messages and emails have begun to look like someone spilled colorful candy all over them. Emojis also easily lead to misunderstandings, so the manicure emoji can be misinterpreted as a weird foot by people who are not in the know.
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