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A shaking head, new heart colours and a familiar goose are among a new group of emojis set to be released this year. |
Unicode Consortium's list contains only 31 new emojis, which expand what can be said through pictures and symbols in text and online messages. |
This is a much smaller release than last year's 112 emojis, which included pregnant people, a crutch and a low battery sign. |
The succinct release has been met with a mostly positive response online. |
The emojis will go through a final round of approval in September before they are released. |
Emoji reference website Emojipedia said while some emojis may not make the final version, most that reach this stage are confirmed. |
The inclusion of the goose emoji has drawn comparisons to indie gaming hit Untitled Goose Game, which sees players take control of a horrible goose. |
But while the design may seem familiar, it may not necessarily look the same when it appears on phones. |
The chosen emojis are selected by Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organisation based in California. |
Keith Broni, editor in chief of Emojipedia, said the smaller number of emojis this year was an "intentional choice". |
"The Unicode emoji subcommittee want to take more time to consider what will go on the emoji keyboard," he said. "In previous years a lot of things were added. |
"They want to look at what can we add that is going to represent symbols that we know or experiences we have had - things like a face being shook or the pink hearts." |
He said people were excited to see the pink heart emoji finally included, but he was particularly interested in the utility of the shaking head. |
"It is most likely going to be used when we are metaphorically or physically shook," he said. "But a lot of the rationale behind this has been - how can we convey what happens to a person when they're undergoing the experience of being in an earthquake? |
"It's also quite a common visual cue in comic books and cartoons, where people shake their heads so rapidly because they're shocked or flabbergasted." |
He added that their designer probably took "healthy inspiration" from the goose video game for the relevant emoji - but it has meaning beyond that. |
"In the case of the goose, the concept goes back to how we use language in an expressive way," he said. "What other things can we say with these emojis? |
"How can we forget the English idiom 'silly goose'? Through the emoji, that English language idiom becomes a piece of knowledge that can be represented across cultures." |
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