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[Orange Wizard]

But we're not speaking Japanese. Why would we use a Japanese word instead of an English word?

See: anime

Okay, but in that instance, it's a concise description of a concept where no English word existed previously to describe that concept. We don't need _____ because the kind-of-word "emote" already exists.

[BlackFlyme]

No more rides to work. No useful bus route. Not going to spend money on a cab.

May have to walk.

[Tawa]

H... how far is it?

You might wanna consider a car and license.

[BlackFlyme]

In the same town, at least. But it wouldn't be a fun walk. Minimum one hour, assuming it's decent terrain all the way there.

If it's like the walk home from school to my mom's, where there are no sidewalks and it's all ditches and hills, then I'm looking at maybe two and a half hours.

I know that the last stretch has no sidewalks whatsoever, and the roads are not designed with bikes in mind. Two cars can barely get through when passing one another. Which is scary considering that many big-rigs routinely pass through, since it's an industrial area.

Also, I may have to work the weekend again.

[Orange Wizard]

Wow, that really sucks.

You might wanna consider a car and license.

Enormous +1 to this. Cars are (at least in my not-very-populated hometown) the best way of getting anywhere.

[scriver]

But we're not speaking Japanese. Why would we use a Japanese word instead of an English word?

Yeah, because the English language is a bastion of linguistic hermitage and has never imported a word from another language before this.

Also, I'm pretty certain the word "emoji", like "anime", is English (or should I say Latin) in origin anyway.

[Remuthra]

Also, I'm pretty certain the word "emoji", like "anime", is English (or should I say Latin) in origin anyway.

As a Latin-literate person, I can tell you that Latin has no "j" and that the noun "animus" only ends in -e in the vocative case.

[hops]

Living in the past, present, and future. Simultaneously. Apparently punching a furry momentarily gives you temporal omnipresence. Deck a fursuit, see the entire weave of your existence laid before you.

Note for future travelers who come across this message by space drug induced arm spasms: This post is a joke.

Insert furry jokes about Lovecraft's cat obsession here.

[Descan]

... What does that have to do with an English word derived from Latin? :I I'm sure there are plenty of English-Latin words that end in e, or have a j, as it evolved. :v

[Tawa]

the word emoji literally means "picture" (e) + "character" (moji)

There you have it, laid up in front of yo thugged-out ass.

Also, I be now feedin all mah posts all up in Gizoogle until tomorrow.

[Remuthra]

... What does that have to do with an English word derived from Latin? :I I'm sure there are plenty of English-Latin words that end in e, or have a j, as it evolved. :v

Nope, not really. The letter j is derived from the use of the Latin i to start a word (Jupiter is derived from the Latin Iuppiter) and the vocative case, while more probable, is still unlikely to be used as the basis for a derivation rather than a more extensively used form of the word (most derivations come from the nominative case).

[Darvi]

I wouldn't be surprised if some people hadn't even heard of declensions and think "accusative" has something to do with blaming people.

[Orange Wizard]

Okay, never mind. The point is that "emoji" is an completely and utterly awful combination of letters, and I will personally nuke the holy snot out of anyone - ANYONE - who uses it seriously.

[Tawa]

I be bout ta lend you NUKE, mah most bangin spell, ta use on TIME magazine.

^{_{this post provided by Gizoogle}}

[Orange Wizard]

Excellent.