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Communication enhanced by use of emojis says professor of linguistics

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Baggs Sat 15-Jul-17 06:53:16

That written communications are enhanced by the use of emojis has been endorsed by a former professor of linguistics at Bangor University, Vyvyan Evans: "“Emojis are actually making us more effective communicators in the digital communicative space because they’re filling in something that’s actually missing . . . the non-verbal cues that tell us how the message should be interpreted.”

He says that people who pooh-pooh emoji use "don't understand how communication works."

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Marydoll Thu 15-Feb-24 23:08:20

Some of us are on the 🏀 ⚽️ 🏐 ⚾️, others not so much. 💤 😴

It was the usernames of the second and third posters, which alerted me. 😉🤔
They are still on GN, but not with those usernames.

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Callistemon21 Thu 15-Feb-24 23:11:56

And some who post no more ☹

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SeaWoozle Thu 15-Feb-24 23:14:43

Admittedly I use them quite a lot, in particular with my children!

My partner is blind and has talking software on his phone. It makes us smile when he gets a header on an email with the description of the emojis afterwards.

One Easter in particular we had a right giggle when his phone read out...

Happy Easter, Rabbit Face.

🤣🤣🐇🐰🐇

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Marydoll Thu 15-Feb-24 23:21:33

Callistemon21

And some who post no more ☹

I was just thinking about one of the posters the other day.
She was a really clever lady, a witty and entertaining poster.
A few years ago, she sent me a PM to say she had been diagnosed with Alzheimers and would no longer be posting. 😪
So many former entertaining posters missing. ☹

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