• optional@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Why can „Bank“ be a 🏦 or a 🛋️? It’s a common feature of many languages that words can have multiple meanings. It’s called Teekesselchen in German, which is funny because Teekesselchen is a Teekesselchen itself: It can either mean „small tea kettle“ or „word with more than one meaning“.

    But more importantly, why is there no emoticon for bench? I had to use a couch instead.

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      4 days ago

      But more importantly, why is there no emoticon for bench? I had to use a couch instead.

      Yep. Unicode has lots of useless smileys but is missing some important ones. And some often used (like facepalm) are in hard-to-decipher realistic style instead of the usual round face.

      And thanks for the explanation.