Emojis 😊💩🍆

<p>The hieroglyphs seem to hold a lot of secrets about Ancient Egyptians. What do emojis say about us? What on earth is their story?</p><br><p>Emojis originate in the notebooks of 1970’s Japanese schoolgirls obsessed with adding cute illustrations between words.</p><br><p>Their story ends in boardroom meetings in California where the emojis that we are all allowed, and the ones we aren’t, are decided.</p><br><p>What a strange journey for a form of communication to take. It must all mean something…but what? </p><br><p>Today’s guest is Philip Seargeant a lecturer in applied linguistics at the Open University and author of <em>The Emoji Revolution: the technology shaping the future of communication.</em></p><br><p>Produced by Freddy Chick, edited by Lewis Mason, senior producer Charlotte Long</p><br><p>For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters<a href="historyhit.com/sign-up-to-history-hit/?utm_sou…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p>

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