Emojis :)

Emojis were invented in 1999 in Japan for the first internet-enabled mobile phones.

Emojis - the small characters people use to show emotions in oral communication.

Gestures usually get lost in written communication.

Emojis can not add feeling and emotion to online messages.

A lot of people think that emojis are taking us back to the dark ages of illiteracy.

Emoji isn't important. In fact, it makes us less effective communicators in the digital age.

Vyv Evans describes people who don't approve of emojis as the grammar police

According to Professor Evans, the grammar police only see the negative side of emoji because of their own ideas and experiences.

The dark ages mean a past time in history considered uncivilised, and characterised by ignorance.

Emoji users are less expressive and less effective communicators

If you are dating someone, you aren't ...

Sam's favourite emoji is ...

Neil likes ... emoji.

How many emojis are there to choose from?

When and where was the word 'emoji' invented for the first internet-enabled mobile phones?

When we talk with someone face to face, we use ...

A cognitive linguist, Professor Vyv Evans, author of a book about the language of emojis believes that ...

Over ___ billion emoji messages are sent around the world every day.

According to Professor Evans, emoji users are ...

Match.com, the American-based dating site has found, based on their research, that the people that use more emojis tend to be