Enjoy this episode from the Plain English archives. Emoji are everywhere, including some unlikely places...like the courtroom.

Court cases often hinge on what words mean. But what happens when a dispute involves an emoji? To decide cases or rule on motions, judges often have to decide what a 👍 or a 💓 means. To make matters worse, there's no emoji dictionary and not everyone agrees on what each emoji means. 🤷

Full lesson: https://plainenglish.com/lessons/emojis-in-court

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