@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 18 hours agoWhat is your favourite fact?message-square90fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite fact?@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 18 hours agomessage-square90fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•8 hours agoEmoticon :) has etymology stemming from emotion + icon. Tis from the 80s, early computer stuff Emoji 😊 is japanese, from 絵文字 which is like, drawing + character, basically. It’s a word MUCH older than computing. False cognates. Sound similar, similar function, nothing to do with each other.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 hours agoMy favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 hours agoAfter looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCAlinkEnglish3•6 hours agoThere’s a :) in a typewritten cookbook I have from the 40s. I don’t know how widespread smileys were back then, but they existed.
Emoticon :) has etymology stemming from emotion + icon. Tis from the 80s, early computer stuff
Emoji 😊 is japanese, from 絵文字 which is like, drawing + character, basically. It’s a word MUCH older than computing.
False cognates. Sound similar, similar function, nothing to do with each other.
My favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.
After looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural
There’s a :) in a typewritten cookbook I have from the 40s. I don’t know how widespread smileys were back then, but they existed.