Since they started taking off^2 in the 2010s,emojis have pretty much evolved^3 into characters for a new millennial^4 language(who knew you could convey^5 so much through tiny pictures of food?).But the predecessors^6...Since they started taking off^2 in the 2010s,emojis have pretty much evolved^3 into characters for a new millennial^4 language(who knew you could convey^5 so much through tiny pictures of food?).But the predecessors^6 of the"picture characters"we know and use excessively^7 today are older than you’d expect.展开更多
In February of 2005, Phil Belfiore was teaching his seventh-grade students how to write a parody1of the Robert Frost2poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.' He liked the sample that he had written for the...In February of 2005, Phil Belfiore was teaching his seventh-grade students how to write a parody1of the Robert Frost2poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.' He liked the sample that he had written for them, so he recorded3it on his home answering machine4:'Whose phone this is I think you know/I cannot answer it now though/So state your name, be very clear/I’ll call you back when I get home.'That act would lead to one of the most unusual friendships of his life.展开更多
文摘Since they started taking off^2 in the 2010s,emojis have pretty much evolved^3 into characters for a new millennial^4 language(who knew you could convey^5 so much through tiny pictures of food?).But the predecessors^6 of the"picture characters"we know and use excessively^7 today are older than you’d expect.
文摘In February of 2005, Phil Belfiore was teaching his seventh-grade students how to write a parody1of the Robert Frost2poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.' He liked the sample that he had written for them, so he recorded3it on his home answering machine4:'Whose phone this is I think you know/I cannot answer it now though/So state your name, be very clear/I’ll call you back when I get home.'That act would lead to one of the most unusual friendships of his life.