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The power of food emojis

How food emojis make it to your keyboard and why it matters.

Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, perhaps you should. Emily Thomas hears how these tiny digital images can have a big social and economic impact. We reveal who decides which emojis are accepted and how you can propose your very own. Two Venezuelans living in the US explain why their brand new 鈥榝latbread emoji鈥� could be one the most significant achievements of their lives, and the emoji artist responsible for everything from the 鈥榙umpling鈥� to 鈥榖ubble tea鈥� tells us why she sees her work as a calling, and how it has made her an unexpected cultural ambassador.

(Picture: selection of food emojis. Credit: Lumen Bigott/Yiying Lu/主播大秀)

Contributors:

Sebastian Delmont, software developer
Lumen Bigott, graphic designer
Yiying Lu, artist and entrepreneur

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26 minutes

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Sun 24 Jan 2021 12:32GMT
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  • Thu 19 Nov 2020 04:32GMT
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  • Thu 21 Jan 2021 02:32GMT
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  • Thu 21 Jan 2021 06:32GMT
    主播大秀 World Service Americas and the Caribbean
  • Thu 21 Jan 2021 09:32GMT
    主播大秀 World Service
  • Thu 21 Jan 2021 13:32GMT
    主播大秀 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
  • Thu 21 Jan 2021 21:32GMT
    主播大秀 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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    主播大秀 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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