Our current emoji set is already extremely vast. It also boasts many emojis which do hold acute meanings within culture. However, I believe we‘ve only scratched the surface of emojis’ potential. Wouldn’t it be interesting to follow this line of questioning and create more emojis that could, in one simple character, represent such ideas as:
- “Terribly sorry, I’m running late but I’m on my way and I’ll be there soon.”
- “I don’t particularly care, you should choose.”
- “I know that may seem a bit embarrassing but I’m proud of it anyway.”
In this article I’ll attempt to explore what emojis are, how they fit into the historical evolution of linguistics and orthography, and their potential impact on the future of human communication.