Re: Emoji: emoticons vs. literacy

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2009 - 18:41:24 CST

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On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:16 PM, David Starner <prosfilaes@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Leo Broukhis <leob@mailcom.com>
> wrote:
>> What if we're talking about a language with a nascent writing system
>> (less than 10 y.o.) for which there are only 3 abecedaries so far?
>
> We don't encode stuff that's only been used in 3 books.

Oh, yes, we do. And less.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com

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