I see peach, you see... something else: top emojis causing confusion


In online chats without body language, emojis are crucial. But linguists say many of these symbols have meanings and variations we don't always realise. — dpa

By now most of us know to be careful with the fruit and veg section.

These days an aubergine in a chat app is rarely just an aubergine, and the peach and banana emojis have also long since implied certain bodyparts.

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