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A comment on Gibberish Asian Font Mystery Solved (2006). Parent comment

Re:Gibberish Asian Font Mystery Solved (2006) by StavrosK on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:15AM (#21564016)
Ah, I see, thank you.
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Re:Gibberish Asian Font Mystery Solved (2006) by SlowRobotAhead on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:50AM (#21565217)
It was explained to me by a Japanese literature teacher this is why Asian people so readily took to and love emojis.

Not because they’re cute but because they’re are semi-reflective of how they’re used to reading.

Edit: HN won’t let me paste emoji examples :( they were pretty good I thought.

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