Comments on: Evoticon.net – kaomoji, emoticons and smilies with a Web 2.0 twist http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/02/08/evoticonnet-kaomoji-emoticons-and-smilies-with-a-web-20-twist/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Charles http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/02/08/evoticonnet-kaomoji-emoticons-and-smilies-with-a-web-20-twist/comment-page-1/#comment-147865 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:47:11 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1513#comment-147865 Oops, forgot the link. Here it is:

http://weblog.ceicher.com/archives/2004/03/blogtv_gyarumoji_japanese_girl.html

]]> By: Charles http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/02/08/evoticonnet-kaomoji-emoticons-and-smilies-with-a-web-20-twist/comment-page-1/#comment-147864 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:46:48 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1513#comment-147864 I’ll pass along for your consideration, a blog post I did in 2004 about “gyaru moji.” It presents a 4 minute video from FujiTV discussing the use of cryptic Unicode characters as a substitute for kana in email. It’s a vaguely related subject, might be a good topic to discuss on your blog.

Note that “gyaru moji” (girl’s writing) is a play on words, traditional kana calligraphy is called “onna moji” (women’s writing).

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