Re: Emoji: emoticons vs. literacy

From: John Hudson (john@tiro.ca)
Date: Fri Dec 26 2008 - 13:55:11 CST


Asmus wrote:

> I would nevertheless support the encoding of the
> conventional sub-set(s) of emoticons, general symbols, etc. while
> accepting the need to draw a line.

I would be interested to know where and on what criteria you would
attempt to draw such a line.

John Hudson

PS:

> The advantage of the [ASCII] fallbacks is that they are open-ended...

My favourite is the SMILING TRADITIONALIST ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST emoticon

        o{]:¬)

which I look forward to seeing encoded in a conventional subset of
emoticons as a little picture of a chap in a biretta.

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