I'm Sam. And I'm Neil. It's nice to see you, Neil. Smiley face, high five, fist bump碰撞声. What is this, Sam? Are you saying hello with emojis? Yes, I am. In this programme, we're entering the world of emojis, the small characters people use to show emotions情感 in texts and emails. Do you have a favourite emoji, Neil? Minds that crying tears of laughter emoji. I like the smiling face with hearts one. And with over 3,000 emojis to choose from, there's one for every occasion时机.
It's one of the reasons why emojis have become so popular over the last 20 years. They let people put back some of the human emotion情感 that's missing in written texts and emails. We'll be finding out more about emojis and learning some related vocabulary soon. But first, I have a question for you, Neil. It's about the word 'emoji' itself, which was invented in 1999 in Japan for the first internet-enabled mobile phones. The name 'emoji' comes from the combination结合 of two Japanese words.
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