A picture's worth a thousand words, but whether those words are the same for everyone or a thousand different words determines if the image can be considered "language." For the Unicode Consortium, who standardizes letters, numbers, and emojis into numbers that computers can recognize, the legitimacy of emoji as a true language depends on who you ask. "I can tell you, using language, I need to go get a haircut, but only if I can get there by 3 p.m., and otherwise I have to pick up the kids.
Are Emojis An Actual Language?
OnlineEditor@theweek.com (Jeva Lange), The Week
Tue, 10/20/2015 - 5:20am
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