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The Short History of Emoji
選項（有一句用不到）
- (A)In fact, the similarity is just a coincidence.
- (B)The same picture does not always mean the same thing to everyone.
- (C)Some teachers worry that students now use emoji in their school essays.
- (D)They quickly proved useful because written words alone often fail to express tone.
- (E)Yet emoji are a surprisingly recent invention.
The Short History of Emoji
Today, it is hard to imagine a text message without a smiling face or a thumbs-up. The first set of emoji was designed in Japan in the late 1990s for use on mobile phones, and it contained fewer than two hundred simple pictures.
Many people believe that the word "emoji" comes from the English word "emotion." In Japanese, "e" means "picture," and "moji" means "character."
Emoji became popular around the world after they were added to smartphone keyboards. A single heart or a laughing face can show whether a message is meant to be serious or playful.
Still, emoji can cause misunderstandings. For example, a symbol that one person sees as friendly may seem rude or strange to someone from a different culture or generation. So before sending one, it is worth thinking about who will read it.