The greatest agreement on meaning came on this one: More than seven out of 10, YouGov said, interpreted it as “sad,” “crying ... The official emoji “face with a look of triumph ...

Westerners tend to look for emotion in an emoji's mouth ... were more likely to confuse the Asian neutral and sad faces. They put this down to "lack of exposure to the [Asian] faces".

The pretzel emoji. Sleep and carbs — makes sense for a 16-year-old girl. Then a bed (she must have really been tired) and a smiley face with ... would a Down syndrome emoji look like?” ...

Now the consortium has given developers the first Emoji 11 beta, which contains 130 draft emojis, including a female superhero, a lobster and a party face. There's no trace of the sad poo and that ...