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posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-did-we-communicate-before-the-brocolli-emoji? dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/12/new-emojis-to-include-breastfeeding-a-hijab-and-the-lotus-position

The consortium that approves emojis has signed off on 56 new ones, including a woman breastfeeding a baby, a woman wearing a hijab and a "gender-inclusive" child, adult and older adult.

Among the other emoji that will be released in 2017 by Unicode are a face vomiting, a head exploding and a man and woman practising yoga. A flying saucer, vampire and T-rex also made the cut, as did a sandwich, broccoli and a pair of socks.

Unicode 10.0 will also include 285 hentaigana (obsolete/historical variants of Japanese hiragana) and 3 additional Zanabazar Square characters.


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  • (Score: 1) by J_Darnley on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:33PM

    by J_Darnley (5679) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:33PM (#427852)

    And who are the users that wanted the deseret and shavian symbols mentioned if not sweaty language nerds?