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April 22, 2015 05:30 pm GMT
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America leads the world in cake and meat emoji
Nothing captures the essence of modern-day communication like emoji — transcending language barriers and demographics — but a new study suggests that you're more likely to play favorites with the icons you choose, based on your native tongue.
According to emoji data collected by the popular keyboard app SwiftKey, the language you speak says a lot about the emoji you likely send.
For example, the study finds that French and Russian speakers have love on the brain much more than others. French speakers are four times as likely to use the heart emoji than any other language, and Russian speakers are three times as likely to make use of romantic-related emoji, like the kissy face and heart-eyes icon. Read more...
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