Language and letter use change over time often in conjunction with new technology. For example, the typewriter killed off words like 'Ye' and replaced it with 'The'.
Nowadays we rarely write or type on paper but we do have access to emojis. Some emojis have developed universal meanings that cross language barriers. So is it time to accept emojis as being equal to words?
The typewriter did not kill off "Ye" and replace it with "The". "Ye" is the plural of "You", as in "Here Ye, Here Ye", and "gather ye rosebuds, while ye may". What the heck would "Here the, here the" mean". And so many emojis look so close unless magnified a lot so that one can tell what emotion is being displayed, and often they are still confusing. And why blame the blameless typewriter? The keyboard of a computer can do the same thing.
If I may correct you, Ye definitely means The and is pronounced the same way as The. However the Y had a slightly different shape which is why it wasn't included in modern type. Eg Ye olde tea shoppe
And i shall correct you. Hopefully you know that Cambridge is in England. And the definition of "ye" in the Cambridge dictionary is: "a word meaning "you," used when talking to more than one person: Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
I would not call them words. I'd say it's more closely related to punctuation like exclamation marks.
They are their own thing. There is no need to classify them with anything else.
The word emoji itself has changed. We used to say 'smiley'. Then it became 'emote' or 'emote icon'. Then a Japanese company came up with the name emoji. It caught on and practically overnight that's the word everyone used.
Emoji is obviously a combination of emotion and kanji. Kanji itself are not really words like we think of words. It's more like an idea or meaning.
As for 'ye' being killed, you can probably blame Gutenberg and movable type more than the typewriter. But the word 'ye' has been through many iterations. You could claim that each iteration killed the one before. Pretty much like every other word.
No, I believe they are just pictures which can be used to make our messages funnier or just more colourful. However, they cannot be treated as Words as each person can interpret them in different ways and that leads to miscommunication.
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No. Emojis promote laziness and stupidity. Nothing says "I have been educated well and I am a productive member of society" like words. Whereas emojis say "I am too lazy to use words so I instead present you images like I am 4 years old"
No if anything it's more related to punctuation it's just a symbol with a vague or varied symbolism up to interpretation. Like a exclamation point which can symbolize urgency or excitement.
You could also compare them to Kanji which are similar in the way that they aren't words but symbols with various meanings or ideas.
They are glyphs so yes. I think they add tone more than anything. Verbally I use tones to indicate I am not being serious and I can use emojis for that.
I am good with Emoji. I also find different generations have different meanings to emojis. Can you get a dictionary that explains it all so we have a common standard?
