Fleur de Lis déanaim seitreach @Exhumed Legume Understandable. The similarity certainly helped it to spread outside of Japan. Posted about a year ago Report Link Quote Reply
Exhumed Legume Weirdo @Fleur de Lis I stand corrected. Thought this was another anime or terebi situation. Posted about a year ago Report Link Quote Reply
Fleur de Lis déanaim seitreach @Exhumed Legume Wrong. It’s from japanese word “絵文字” meaning “pictograph”. Similarity to english word “emoticon” was coincidental. Posted about a year ago Report Edited about a year ago Link Quote Reply
Exhumed Legume Weirdo @ANoobis The worst part is, “emoji” is literally just the first three syllables of “emoticon” transliterated to Japanese syllabary and back… Posted about a year ago Report Link Quote Reply
Officer Hotpants ModeratorDouble-0 Negative @ANoobis Fucking weebs infect everything with their dumbass words eventually. Posted 2 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
ANoobis Ghibelline Omnipotens I hate emojis. I even hate the word emoji. Smiley and emoticon worked just fine. Posted 2 years ago Report Link Quote Reply
Understandable. The similarity certainly helped it to spread outside of Japan.
I stand corrected.
Wrong.
Similarity to english word “emoticon” was coincidental.
Edited
The worst part is, “emoji” is literally just the first three syllables of “emoticon” transliterated to Japanese syllabary and back…
Fucking weebs infect everything with their dumbass words eventually.