> I am old enough to have a working life before they existed. Are you talking about emojis or smilies too? Because emoticons were probably invented by Nabokov

> I am old enough to have a working life before they existed. Are you talking about emojis or smilies too? Because emoticons were probably invented by Nabokov (one of the best russian writers of all time) around 1969 [0]: > I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile — some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would now like to trace in reply to your question. [0]: https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/books/vladimir-nabokov-invent-emoticon https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/books/vladimir-naboko...