Thursday, 23. January 2003
Topic: - on January 23, 2003 at 1:01:43 PM CET
Japanese Smileys (Emoticons)
The difference between eastern(1 byte) Smileys(Emoticons) and Japanese ones(2 bytes) Apparently Japanese Smileys(Emoticons) are read vertically, when eastern Smileys(Emoticons) are read hosizontally. And Japanese face marks have much more kinds of variation than eastern ons. I think the reason is that while American(alphabet) letters in computer are 1 byte, Japanese letters in computer are 2 bytes, so Japanese letters can have more caracters. And also, Japanese sentences contain Chinise caracters which are phonograms, so it is easier to express and recognize something graphic with letters for Japanese people.
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