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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">There's a HUUUGE distinction between</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">(1) I wonder whether there's an emoji
that's commonly used to express "Thank You!" (and if so, what does
it look like?).</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">(2) We should have / add an emoji for
"Thank You!" but I have no idea what it would look like.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The first goes into the direction that
Tex perhaps was aiming at: there are images that express ideas;
some evoke these ideas spontaneously, others may be associated
with an idea by convention. Existing emoji span both dimensions.
Asking about how existing emoji are used should always be fair
game. And should definitely be something that gets a decent answer
on this list.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The second is a no-go. Only if you are
aware of a convention shared by others that associates an image or
icon with a concept should you propose to reify that by adding the
image to the emoji set. (You may even choose to not propose it,
regardless). However, if there's no existing convention, and you
are not aware of one, you should definitely not raise a proposal.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In other words, just because you think
something ought to be expressable --- unless you have a concrete
expression for it, it can't even be evaluated or considered, and
unless you have an idea that (many) others agree both on the need
to express something and on the proposed expression there's little
chance that a proposal would find favor.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A./</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">PS: now (3) "Is there anyone else here
who thinks there ought to be a visual shorthand for "Thank You!"
and if so, what would it look like?" would be a fair question.
This list may not be the best one to ask it.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2021 1:28 PM, Tex via Unicode
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">That's a bit unfair Mark. Someone can want to represent an idea (be it an object, emotion, action, or other concept) and not have the visual or artistic skills to know how to depict it, or simply not know the best way to do so, given many options being considered. People should be able to ask a question without there being an implication if you have to ask there is no answer.
And pictures often represent more than a static view of an object. The choice of the view and the context in the image can indicate action or other states.
There are many photographic images that communicate sadness, loneliness or a host of other emotions without showing facial expressions at all.
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Subject: Re: Is there an emoji for Thank you
Emoji are pictures of things. To the extent they convey emotions, it's
because they're pictures of things (facial expressions) which we
associate with emotions.
If you can't say what it would look like, that almost definitionally
excludes it from being a emoji, a picture of a thing, doesn't it?
~mark
On 10/5/21 2:51 PM, William_J_G Overington via Unicode wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Is there an emoji for
Thank you
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If not, could there be, should there be?
What would it look like?
William Overington
Tuesday 5 October 2021
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