Mignon Fogarty
@grammargirl@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Heading out? Listen on the go to amaze your friends with emoji trivia!

Today, @shadychars.mastodon.social, author of "Face with Tears of Joy," talks about what emoji are doing in our messages.

We covered:

— The long history of emoji
— Why Unicode approves every new emoji
— Why some emoji use more data than others
— Why a tiny number of domain names include emoji
— Why “person with blond hair” has a loaded history

🎧: https://pod.link/173429229

#GrammarGirl #emoji

Promotional graphic for a Grammar Girl interview titled 'The surprising history (and politics) of emoji.' The title appears in bold red text at the top of the image, with a large laughing-crying emoji centered below it. In the bottom half are photos of two smiling people: on the left is Grammar Girl host Mignon Fogarty with long dark hair, and on the right is guest Keith Houston, wearing a plaid shirt. The top left corner has a black label that reads 'INTERVIEW,' and the QDT logo appears in the top right corner. At the bottom, white text reads 'GRAMMAR Girl' and a black label reads 'KEITH HOUSTON.'
Promotional graphic for a Grammar Girl interview titled 'The surprising history (and politics) of emoji.' The title appears in bold red text at the top of the image, with a large laughing-crying emoji centered below it. In the bottom half are photos of two smiling people: on the left is Grammar Girl host Mignon Fogarty with long dark hair, and on the right is guest Keith Houston, wearing a plaid shirt. The top left corner has a black label that reads 'INTERVIEW,' and the QDT logo appears in the top right corner. At the bottom, white text reads 'GRAMMAR Girl' and a black label reads 'KEITH HOUSTON.'
Promotional graphic for a Grammar Girl interview titled 'The surprising history (and politics) of emoji.' The title appears in bold red text at the top of the image, with a large laughing-crying emoji centered below it. In the bottom half are photos of two smiling people: on the left is Grammar Girl host Mignon Fogarty with long dark hair, and on the right is guest Keith Houston, wearing a plaid shirt. The top left corner has a black label that reads 'INTERVIEW,' and the QDT logo appears in the top right corner. At the bottom, white text reads 'GRAMMAR Girl' and a black label reads 'KEITH HOUSTON.'