Le yindlela onokuba uziva ngayo ngokufunda ngobuninzi be-emoji.
Njengokuguqulelwa kwemibutho ethile yabanqolobi-i-Al-Qaeda, enye-okwangoku akukabikho ndlela ikhowudiweyo yokwenza ubuninzi be-emoji ngokuprinta. Ngaba yi-emoji okanye i-emojis? Njani nge-emojii?
Ngelixa i-Associated Press Stylebook yathatha ukuma ngokuqinileyo kwaye yakhetha i-emojis ngo-Matshi 2013-kwicala lethu nesi sigqibo-ezinye iindawo zeendaba zibonakala ngathi zithatha indlela ye-schizophrenic.
Inkqubo ye- INew York Times , Inkqubo ye- Ijenali yeWall Street kwaye Inkqubo ye- IWashington Post sinazo zonke, kumanqaku akutshanje, sisebenzise zombini i-emoji kunye ne-emojis kwisininzi kuguqulelo lwegama. Unjalo ke Inew York imagazini kunye Inkqubo ye- ENew Yorker , eyakhe yasebenzisa i-emoji njenge-capitalisers-suckers! -kodwa ayisahlali.
Ke, yintoni ukusetyenziswa okufanelekileyo?
NgokukaMark Allen, umhleli wekopi ezizimeleyo eColumbus, eOhio, kunye nelungu lebhodi leAmerican Copy Editors Society, i-emojis sisona siNgesi singcono.
Xa amagama engena ngesiNgesi, sihlala sibenza badlale ngemithetho yethu, ke ndicinga ukuba 'ii-emojis' zinomphetho, utshilo uMnu Allen kwi-imeyile. I-corollary inokuba ligama laseJapan elithi 'tsunami.' Kungenzeka ukuba sithethe 'ngothotho lweetsunami' kunokuba 'uthotho lweetsunami.'
Okwangoku, uMnu Allen wongeze, nokuba ukusetyenziswa kuyakhusela. I-Oxford Dictionary online ixhasa ithisisi yakhe. Yiloo nto, uqaphele, esinye sezichazi magama ezimbalwa ukungena kwi-emoji, kwaye ithi nokuba i-emoji okanye i-emojis ichanekile-nangona yeyiphi inguqulelo oyikhethayo ixhomekeke kukhetho lwegrama.
I-Purists iya kugxininisa 'Ndifumene i-emoji enkulu' kunokuba 'Ndifumene i-emojis enkulu,' ugqibile uMnu. Allen. Banokundwendwela ii-baseball stadia ezininzi, beqhuba apho kwi-Prii yabo.
