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the internet has greatly changed the way we communicate. since body language and verbal tone do not translate in our text messages or e-mails, we’ve developed alternate ways to convey nuanced meaning. the most prominent change to our online style has been the addition of two new-age hieroglyphic languages: emoticons and emoji.
let’s start with the older of the two: the emoticon. emoticons are punctuation marks, letters, and numbers used to create pictorial icons that generally display an emotion or sentiment. (that’s actually where the portmanteau “emoticon” comes from: emotional icon.) oh, and because of the limits of our keyboard, most emoticons need to be read sideways.
the emoticon came into being after a joke went wrong at carnegie mellon university in 1982. a gag about a fake mercury spill posted to an online message board sent the university into a tizzy, and because of this confusion, dr. scott e. fahlman suggested that jokes and nonjokes be marked by two sets of characters we now recognize as standard emoticons: the smiley face :-) and the frowning face :-(. after this, emoticons were a big hit among internet users.
emoji
(from the japanese e, “picture,” and moji, “character”) are a slightly more recent invention. not to be confused with their predecessor, emoji are pictographs of faces, objects, and symbols. you’re probably familiar with the distinct style of apple’s emoji: yellow cartoony faces with various expressions, as well as families, buildings, animals, food objects, mathematical symbols, and more.
shigetaka kurita is often credited with inventing emoji in 1999, though japanese conglomerate softbank actually released the first set of emojis in 1997. kurita’s emoji, which were intended for a japanese user base, were very simple—only 12 pixels by 12 pixels—and were inspired by manga art and kanji characters. in order to attract japanese customers, apple hid an emoji keyboard in the first iphone back in 2007, but north american users quickly became aware of the keyboard. now, emoji are available in almost all messaging apps, and while different apps have distinct emoji styles, emoji can translate across platforms, thanks to unicode. this is why an iphone user is able to receive the smiling pile of poo emoji from someone using a samsung galaxy.
so, if you come across a smiley face that contains a character you can find on your computer keyboard, it’s an emoticon. if it’s a little cartoon figure that is free from the binds of punctuation, numbers, and letters, it’s an emoji.
互联网极大地改变了我们的交流方式。由于肢体语言和言语语调在我们的短信或电子邮件中无法翻译，我们已经开发出了其他方式来传达微妙的含义。我们的网络风格最显著的变化是增加了两种新的象形文字语言：表情符号和表情符号。
让我们从两者中较老的一个开始：表情符号。表情符号是标点符号、字母和数字，用于创建通常显示情感或情感的图形图标。（事实上，这就是组合词“表情符号”的来源：情感图标。）哦，由于键盘的限制，大多数表情符号都需要横向阅读。
这个表情符号是在1982年卡内基梅隆大学的一个笑话出错后产生的。网上留言板上发布了一则关于假汞泄漏的插科打诨，这让该大学陷入了混乱。由于这种混乱，斯科特·e·法尔曼博士建议用两组我们现在公认的标准表情符号来标记笑话和非笑话：笑脸：-）和皱眉头：-（。之后，表情符号在互联网用户中大受欢迎。
表情符号（来自日语e，“图片”和表情符号，“字符”）是一个稍新的发明。不要和它们的前身混淆，表情符号是面部、物体和符号的象形文字。你可能熟悉苹果表情符号的独特风格：黄色卡通脸，各种表情，以及家庭、建筑、动物、食物、数学符号等等。
黑田茂经常被认为是1999年发明表情符号的人，尽管日本企业集团软银实际上在1997年发布了第一套表情符号。栗田的表情符号是为日本用户设计的，非常简单，12像素乘12像素，灵感来自漫画艺术和汉字字符。2007年，为了吸引日本消费者，苹果在第一部iphone中隐藏了一个表情符号键盘，但北美用户很快就意识到了这个键盘。现在，几乎所有的消息应用程序都可以使用表情符号，虽然不同的应用程序有不同的表情符号风格，但由于unicode，表情符号可以跨平台翻译。这就是为什么iphone用户能够从使用三星galaxy的人那里收到微笑的粪便表情符号。
所以，如果你遇到一个包含你可以在电脑键盘上找到的字符的笑脸，那就是一个表情符号。如果是一个没有标点符号、数字和字母束缚的小卡通形象，那就是表情符号。返回搜狐，查看更多
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