{"id":12678,"date":"2018-07-10T14:58:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T13:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2018-07-10T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T13:58:20","slug":"july-17th-is-world-emoji-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2018\/07\/july-17th-is-world-emoji-day\/","title":{"rendered":"July 17th is World Emoji Day :)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WORLD_EMOJI_DAY.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WORLD_EMOJI_DAY.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WORLD_EMOJI_DAY.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WORLD_EMOJI_DAY-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WORLD_EMOJI_DAY-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WORLD_EMOJI_DAY-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emojis have become as commonplace as words. Whether it\u2019s a smiling emoji to express your happiness, a winking face to make sure someone knows you\u2019re actually joking, or the ever-popular poo emoji, we all use them every day, and they really help to get the message across when you\u2019re typing, instead of talking to someone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is July 17<sup>th<\/sup> World Emoji Day?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look carefully at the calendar emoji and you\u2019ll see a date circled\u2026 July 17<sup>th<\/sup>! World Emoji Day was first celebrated in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vote in the World Emoji Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all got our favourite emojis, so why not place your vote in the World Emoji Awards. The results will be unveiled on July 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>You can vote <a href=\"http:\/\/worldemojiawards.com\/\">at this link<\/a> in the following categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best New Emoji \u2013<\/strong> Will you choose the sandwich, zombies, socks or perhaps broccoli?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Anticipated Emoji \u2013 <\/strong>Choices in this category include bald people, a teddy bear and a toolbox.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Emoji Use \u2013 <\/strong>Follow someone who uses emojis perfectly, or just posts them all the time? Nominate them on Twitter<strong>\u00a0 &#8211; <\/strong>see @EmojiAwards for more info.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emoji of the Year \u2013 <\/strong>Choose the emoji that represents 2018. Vomiting emoji, or thumbs up emoji perhaps?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fascinating Emoji Facts\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We post more than 60 billion emojis on Facebook, every single day!<\/li>\n<li>The emoji was invented in 1999 by Shigetaka Hurita, a Japanese designer.<\/li>\n<li>It wasn\u2019t until 2013 that the word \u2018emoji\u2019 made it into the Oxford English Dictionary.<\/li>\n<li>Miley Cyrus has the sad cat emoji tattooed on the inside of her lower lip.<\/li>\n<li>Look (very) closely at the clipboard and book iOS emojis and the text is actually the words from the Apple \u2018Think Different\u2019 advert.<\/li>\n<li>In 2009, Fred Benenson successfully raised $3500 on Kickstarter to translate <em>Moby Dick<\/em> into <em>Emoji Dick<\/em>, a book entirely written in emojis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a great World Emoji Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So get online and send out your favourite emojis. Or perhaps find a new favourite? There are so many out there, why not discover one you\u2019ve overlooked and find a great use for it? Or just pick a weird one to confuse your friends with. Don\u2019t forget to use the hashtag #WorldEmojiDay!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emojis have become as commonplace as words. Whether it\u2019s a smiling emoji to express your happiness, a winking face to make sure someone knows you\u2019re actually joking, or the ever-popular poo emoji, we all use them every day, and they really help to get the message across when you\u2019re typing, instead of talking to someone. 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