When Coming Up Corner got it’s first mobile phone ‘twas a simpler time.
Despite their chunky black casing and miniscule green LED screen, during that golden era (the late 1990s) those BT Cellnet blowers took some beating.
Wthn a fw yrs we evn hd a gr8 nU lingo txt spk.
What we didn’t realise then was that we were laying the foundations for the Emoji.
Coming up in Wednesday’s Courier, we bring you all the latest on the new mobile language that is sweeping the globe, leaving tiny pictures of Spanish dancers, fist bumps and beers in its wake.
According to linguistics expert Professor Vyv Evans, from Bangor University, the colourful Emoji symbols are evolving faster that many ancient languages, including hieroglyphics.
In fairness Tutankhamun would be tough one to illustrate with a hashtag and a smiley face.
Other news includes the Perthshire waiter who was jailed for missing a pigeon and shooting a barman with an air rifle, the outcome of the gay cake court battle and an exclusive interview with a disabled man who was verbally abused by his Fife carer.
We also have an update on the hunt for a US woman missing in Aberfeldy and big news on a Dundee boundary change that could see Broughty Ferry sliced up.
All this and more in your emojional Wednesday Courier.
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