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Unicode symbols... seems like we should've developed them the way languages develop: start with the most important symbols, ones for food, water, shelter, dange
by dclowd9901 10y ago
Unicode symbols... seems like we should've developed them the way languages develop: start with the most important symbols, ones for food, water, shelter, danger, etc, then expanded them into the abstract mess they are today.
- rabboRubble 10y agoEmoji were not developed haphazardly. They evolved naturally in Japan, then were adopted by the rest of the world. That is why there are so many Asia / Japan themes in the standard emoji set. The problem is Westerners don't understand the Japanese emotion behind the symbol. The symbol for bookbag looks exactly like a Japanese school kid's backpack. It's why there is a kimono. Bamboo wind chimes. Tsunami. Shinkansen... I could go on and on. In some respect, they are getting jumbled up because of international pressures for the base emoji set to be stretched into a be-all for the global market. An example is Taco. There are tacos in Japan. They are hard to find and when you do find one, you definitely don't want to eat one there. Mexican food is one of the rare cuisines the Japanese don't do better.