RE: Emoji: emoticons vs. literacy

From: vunzndi@vfemail.net
Date: Sat Jan 10 2009 - 15:56:29 CST

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    Quoting "Peter Constable" <petercon@microsoft.com>:

    > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]
    > On Behalf Of vunzndi@vfemail.net
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    >> But others, in fact probably most of the human race do have an
    >> interest a wider interest in flags.
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    > A wider interest in flags is not the same as an interest in encoding
    > flags as characters in the UCS. The vast majority of the human race
    > has no awareness of the UCS whatsoever, let alone an interest in
    > encoding flags in the UCS.
    >

    Whilst many are not familiar with the term "UCS", this does not mean
    they are unconcerned about the differences the UCS makes in there lives.

    If indeed there is in the majority of the human race an instinct that
    encoding flag the flag of their country is a pointless activity, this
    is then an indicator that no flags should be encoded.

    John K
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    > Peter
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