On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Leonardo Boiko <leobo...@namakajiri.net> wrote:
> We obviously need an emoji for every species name listed within The > Official Registry of Zoological Nomenclature. > > I propose a new set of Basic Latin characters, the Zoological Nomenclature > Indicator Symbols, to be used for spelling scientific names, which are then > rendered as cutesy colorful icons used as mood indicators. A Zoological > Nomenclature Indicator Symbol Space must be included to separate name > components; sequences including one such separator are assumed to be > binomens, and two, trinomens. For example, a cat emoji can be encoded with > the Zoological Nomenclature Indicator Symbols corresponding to > [FELIS␣CATUS] or, following modern practice, [FELIS␣SILVESTRIS␣CATUS] > (biological homonyms are to be treated as alternative encodings of the same > abstract emoji). > I disagree, the set of dinosaur emoji needed for communication is very limited, and consists of: TYRANNOSAURUS REX TYRANNOSAURUS REX FACE TYRANNOSAURUS REX WITH LEFT FOOT RAISED DROMICEIOMIMUS TYRANNOSAURUS REX WITH RIGHT FOOT RAISED UTAHRAPTOR WITH LEFT FOOT RAISED TYRANNOSAURUS REX WITH HEAD TURNED UTAHRAPTOR WITH FEET PLANTED TYRANNOSAURUS REX SHOUTING This set is sufficient to communicate any message one would wish, cf. qwantz.com