Very interesting idea. I remember reading that in visual spoken communications, only 20% is the actual words. The rest is tone of voice, body language, context, emphasis, expressions, ... all that stuff.
I don't know if 20% is correct, but I feel it's very close to it. I also think a lot of internet arguments happen as a direct result of miscommunication. Emojis are great, but they get abused to the point that HN filters them out. Perhaps allow readers to toggle if they want to see emojis or not?
Easy to check: try to speak with someone talking foreign language you don't know and estimate what percentage of what they said you understood from tone of voice etc. I would guess it's less than 80%.
I feel like emojis is the lazy persons way of adding tone, nuance and humanity, when you don't know how to do so by only writing. Don't want to imply it's wrong, it's valid to be lazy, especially when it comes to improving communication, but I find myself thinking "How can I make sure this comes across as the joke it is?" and after one or two minute I just end up slapping a wink emoji at the end and don't rewrite the text at all, as the lazy person I am.
The book Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is a tremendous study in this area, Scott shows how you can add abstract meanings to words and pictures through illustration.
Very interesting idea. I remember reading that in visual spoken communications, only 20% is the actual words. The rest is tone of voice, body language, context, emphasis, expressions, ... all that stuff.
I don't know if 20% is correct, but I feel it's very close to it. I also think a lot of internet arguments happen as a direct result of miscommunication. Emojis are great, but they get abused to the point that HN filters them out. Perhaps allow readers to toggle if they want to see emojis or not?
Easy to check: try to speak with someone talking foreign language you don't know and estimate what percentage of what they said you understood from tone of voice etc. I would guess it's less than 80%.
Something like this would be great for karaoke! Especially for the long held notes https://x.com/TheOisinMoran/status/1614435041764859907
Another thing to look at would be how games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero show lyrics
Emojis absolutely have their place here. They can add tone, nuance, and a bit of humanity where plain text can feel flat.
I feel like emojis is the lazy persons way of adding tone, nuance and humanity, when you don't know how to do so by only writing. Don't want to imply it's wrong, it's valid to be lazy, especially when it comes to improving communication, but I find myself thinking "How can I make sure this comes across as the joke it is?" and after one or two minute I just end up slapping a wink emoji at the end and don't rewrite the text at all, as the lazy person I am.
When you only want to write w a single word back though + and emoji, there’s not a lot of space to add tone!
The book Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is a tremendous study in this area, Scott shows how you can add abstract meanings to words and pictures through illustration.
I've always wondered about this.
In Akan languages it is not difficult to conceive of how the same word can be written in different ways to convey another dimension.
Anyone who speaks an akan language will understand that each of these words below means good but with a slightly different emphasis.
papa papaaapa papapapapapa
What is the linguistic term for this concept?
Apparently, it's called partial reduplication or emphatic doubling.
Thanks, that is helpful.
Chatgpt also explained the concept of ideophones which was helpful:
https://chatgpt.com/share/69187b3e-7948-8001-9fea-2b4412d5a7...
Consider learning Polish. Kurwa sounds exactly as it looks.