I don’t have favourite emojis – what a silly question to ask an 81 year old woman! There are a few that I use like the smiley one 😄, the I’m sick one🤮, the blue heart💙, the two laughing and crying at the same time ones 😂🤣, the little girl with her hand up 🙋‍♀️, and sometimes I search to see if I can find an appropriate one but don’t always succeed.,

The problem is, I believe, my age. I spend a LOT of time online every day, unlike some old people I know, but the emojis are hardly ever mentioned and new ones appear with no explanation. The meanings of the ones above that I use a lot are self-evident, I believe – but I could be wrong. There should be a book I can buy or an app I could use that I can look up a meaning and will be shown the correct emoji or a list of all the emojis with explanations (which would be more difficult to use as a dictionary.)

Thinking about what I’ve just been writing ——— why bother to use emojis in a line of writing? I mostly use them as a comment on a tweet on the newly-named X. (What are the messages called now?)

Oh, yes, I’ve just remembered. I do like the one like me when I’m thinking about emojis – 🥺 – or is it?