The Turning Point - 12/8/11

In The Beginning Was The Word... But the word became, like, boring, you know?

Is language devolving? Are we headed back to childhood, cave days or ancient civilizations where pictures were used to tell stories instead of words? The new world of texting may soon dispense with language and switch to something called emoji.

...Well, who needs language anyway? People just lie or don't know what they're talking about in the first place.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/technology/emoji-in-iphones-signals-a-shot-at-mainstream-success.html

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