Healing right now is an episode of Ologies while finishing the rest of my errands.
(Emojis are SO recent and such a fascinating site of meaning creation and re-creation around the world!)
#Linguistics #Semiotics #Language #Technology
https://pca.st/episode/17dfb0f4-33b8-4069-be31-4ae5f9061426
@MLClark Great link. In the beginning, I boycotted emojis because I thought they were ridiculous, but now I see them as part of the language -- at least *this* language -- and an often necessary part. The fact that I habitually and unintentionally comically misuse them is another story entirely. 😂 🤷
Oh, I did NOT use emojis for years - until I started learning Spanish and realized they helped immensely for providing context-cues to offset tonal missteps in my rigid, awkward prose. (I also learned to take myself a touch less seriously over time, methinks. Do you have a favourite? 👀)
@MLClark This is a boring answer, but it's the multi-coloured hearts. 🧡 ❤️ 💚 I don't care much for what the colours are supposed to signify (but I stay away from blue just in case), but I know how powerful they are when received at just the right time. And you?
@LiseL I love how much variation the hearts invite! Good choice!
For me... I love that we have three faces of the globe: a subtle way of nudging us to think a touch bigger than ourselves. 🌍🌎🌏 And when I want to go even bigger? 🌌
But the one that always makes me laugh is this little monocled fellow, 🧐, who often represents thinking deeper or skeptically about something. For me it's a perfect way of saying "hold on a minute, what's this now?" without changing the tone to something *too* serious.
@LiseL It IS muppet-like! 😅
But it's funny - that one definitely looks a little angrier on some platforms than others, which is I think why I haven't used it as much. Let's definitely bring it to life in more conversations, though. I definitely *feel* 🤨 more often than I express!
@MLClark 😂 Maybe *that's* why I don't use it! I think it might be too edgy for most conversations.
@MLClark Excellent humanist choices! ✅ 💚
🧐 is also an excellent choice, as is 🤔, now that methinks of it. I just realized that I tragically underuse 🤨 (it has a muppet-like quality to it, don't you think?) and intend to rectify that injustice in future. 😂