![]() Instead of just cartoon-yellow people and faces, we now have the option for five different skin colours. However, after many years of public anger and campaigning, things are changing. ![]() Emojis do not always represent the people that use them. Getting the emoji you want can be a more serious problem than not finding exactly what you had for breakfast. Until 2015 when the ‘cheese wedge’ arrived, British people were constantly complaining about the lack of cheese! Now, the addition of ‘bacon’ in 2016 means we’re very close to a full English breakfast. Maybe (with emojis at least) the British are more fun and romantic than people think! You can also tell a lot about a culture from their emoji complaints. What does your recently used emoji board say about you? Is it full of party poppers and smileys? Or unhappy faces? In the UK, the most used emojis are ‘face with tears of joy’, ‘face blowing a kiss’ and ‘love heart’. The emojis we choose can reflect our personality. People also really identify with their favourite emojis. ‘My favourite emoji is ‘laughing face’ because it saves you putting ‘hahaha’ or ‘lol’.’ ‘… they’re quick to use instead of words and show hidden meanings.’ UK teenagers also told us they really appreciated the fact that emojis are quick and easy. We really seem to ‘big red heart’ emojis! But why? They allow us to personalise text and have fun as we express ourselves, make people laugh and be creative in how we use them. They have inspired fashion, like the real-life dress copied from the dancing lady emoji, and are even recognised as art! In New York’s Museum of Modern Art you can now see the first set of the 176 original emojis. In the UK they are becoming more popular than internet abbreviations like ‘lol’ (laughing out loud), ‘muah’ (the sound of a kiss) or 'xoxoxo' (hugs and kisses). These little electronic images started life in Japanese mobile phones in the 90s and are now hugely popular. According to Professor Vyv Evans of Bangor University, Emoji is the UK’s fastest-growing language – evolving faster than any language in history.
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