Translations:Wiktionnaire:Actualités/030-septembre-2017/29/en

In the 2000s, a new mode of communication emerged, the SMS, characterized by a mainly phonetic writing and sequences of symbols representing the sender's emotions if viewed at 90°. Taking advantage of this enthusiasm, a French telephony company and a fast food chain created these small dictionaries for pictograms, which have nothing to envy at our current emojis.