Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up?lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up?lemmy.sdf.orgDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoIt is not the shaka. It’s the “call me hand” emoji.
minus-squareChee_Koala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s not the call me hand, it’s the hang loose emoji!
minus-squarerobdor@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s not the hang loose emoji, it’s the fancy tea party emoji!
minus-squareCaptPretentious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agohttps://emojipedia.org/call-me-hand#designs It is in fact, the call me hand from iOS In Unicode 9, it’s label is ‘call me hand’ I get that it is the exact same symbol as other things. However, officially as an emoji it is recognized as ‘call me hand’. My guess is to why is to not recognize any particular nation. Because the hand gesture isn’t just Shaka, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures?wprov=sfla1 see number six. Or see ASL, the letter Y.
It is not the shaka. It’s the “call me hand” emoji.
It’s not the call me hand, it’s the hang loose emoji!
It’s not the hang loose emoji, it’s the fancy tea party emoji!
https://emojipedia.org/call-me-hand#designs
It is in fact, the call me hand from iOS
In Unicode 9, it’s label is ‘call me hand’
I get that it is the exact same symbol as other things. However, officially as an emoji it is recognized as ‘call me hand’.
My guess is to why is to not recognize any particular nation. Because the hand gesture isn’t just Shaka, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures?wprov=sfla1 see number six.
Or see ASL, the letter Y.