July 17 - World Emoji Day
By Anna
@LadyDuck (461767)
Switzerland
July 17, 2016 2:06am CST
We use them almost every day, so let's celebrate the World Emoji Day.
Emoji is a Japanese word meaning pictograph.
The Emojis are small digital images, that we use mixed to our texts to express a sentiment, an emotion or an idea.
They were first introduced in the late 1990 on the Japanese mobile phones.
They became popular worldwide when Apple introduced the emoji on their iPhones.
I use them time by time to enhance my sentiments and ideas, but always in moderation. Too much of everything is always disturbing.
Do you use the emoji that are available on myLot?
Public Domain image by Pixabay
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your post, 
ten out of ten for effort 
I know I am, 
but then it's 
emoji day!
@garymarsh6 (23392)
• United Kingdom
17 Jul 16
My sister went into emoji overdrive and kept sending me daft messages I really had not time to read. I had to tell her to stop sending such daft things because it was far too irritating. I don't think she liked it but I could not stand it in the end I had to be quite blunt...
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 16
@garymarsh6 I can understand to add a smiley at the end, but we are adults and I think we should avoid being too childish.
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@garymarsh6 (23392)
• United Kingdom
17 Jul 16
@LadyDuck I am glad I am not the only one. Oh lordy her emails were dreadful. I do not have the time or the inclination to read through all the rubbish she was sending.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
17 Jul 16
I do.They soften words which may feel harsh otherwise.
I didn't know how to use them till@JaboUK showed me.
Thanks for the information, didn't know about this day.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 16
@responsiveme Yes, I enjoyed (as usual) and it made me cry. Thank you for asking.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
17 Jul 16
@LadyDuck Oh! say thank you to him.
did you enjoy Casablanca?
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
Happy emoji day to you too Anna!
I've always used emojis in moderation as well. Agree, that the feelings and sentiments of a person are further highlighted by the use of emojis!
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
19 Jul 16
@LadyDuck can't really remember any of those. I'm afraid I didn't use the emojis back in the 'b' site.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
19 Jul 16
@allen0187 Those are cute, I remember some we had in Bubblews, the birthday emoji was nice.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
I do, I do! From the time I became active in mylot 6 years ago. But I have already been using emoji almost 7 years ago with my blackberry phone.2 people like this
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
@LadyDuck I've always used emoji and I like the iPhone emoji as they have more choices. The choices in the Blackberry messenger before was quiet few. But I enjoyed using them when I'm sending BBMs to my friends all over the world.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 16
@toniganzon I am very bad using the smartphone of my husband. I still have a pretty old cell phone that I only use to make calls, for the rest I use my computer or my tablet.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
21 Jul 16
@SIMPLYD Emoji is the name given to Japanese smileys used in text messages and electronic pages. The word "emoticon", on the other hand, was coined by combining "emotion" and "icon". Emoticons are little faces showing your mood or feelings, while an emoji is not necessarily a face, it can be an object, like a car or a building. What we have on myLot are emoticons and not emojis.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
Like the new Pokeman game or whatever it is called these things aren't favorites of mine. If I used one once every other month that's a lot.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
18 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill Pokemons are so ugly, I cannot understand how people could like them.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
@LadyDuck I can't even look at all the Pokemon stuff.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
23 Jul 16
Where are they available at here on mylot?
I used them once when I was seeing what it was like to put up a post from my phone. On there it's on the 'keyboard'
LOL I found them...duh! my new thing learned on mylot today---use the myLotCode link. 
LOL I found them...duh! my new thing learned on mylot today---use the myLotCode link. 2 people like this
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
17 Jul 16
I try to keep their use to a minimum as I prefer words but as is their day here is one picked at random 
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
17 Jul 16
I did not know today was World Emoji day.Thanks.Though I do use them there are some I have never used.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
17 Jul 16
@LadyDuck You are right.There are some I too would never use.
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@carebear29 (31962)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
18 Jul 16
I use them alot. They should add a bunch more.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
i sometimes use them and i love them. actually, i term them as emoticons or emote icons.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
@LadyDuck yes i know that but i still call them emoticons
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 16
@ridingbet I also call them emoticons, because this is how we called them in the past.
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
17 Jul 16
According to survey we Indian Indian used religious emojis the most. Missed this here on mylot.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 16
@ModernDayWriter I know that some do. I never read or comment on those discussions.
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