THE WORD OF THE YEAR. Ana F. (2BATX B)

WHICH WORD IS THE MOST USED?

Language is a wonderful and practical method of human communication, either spoken or written. There are countless different languages and they’ve developed over the years. Dictionaries have been made to make sense of our Language.

The Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year is an emoji. It’s crying-from laughter / crying-from-happiness emoji, officially known as the Face with tears of Joy emoji. Dictionaries have been choosing annual words of the year in recent times. But this year the Oxford University Press partnered with Swiftkey to determinate the most emoji from around the world.

This emoji is a small digital image or icon used to express an emotion in electronic communication. It is a world loaned from Japanese. Whatsapp is one of the most famous programmes which people use. This icon is highly used in this programme. Using this emoji’s become an usual way of communication. But emojis aren’t longer the preserve of texting teens instead, they’ve been embraced as a nuanced from of expression, and one which can cross language barriers.

In my opinion, the best word of the year could be “love”. Because this year was the first year, that I met someone who makes me understand what it means. But I don’t think my best word could be an emoji, because I use so many and maybe I couldn’t decide which one it would be the best.

I’ve also a more serious candidate, though it possibly doesn’t belong specifically to 2015.  That is the use of ‘past ‘when we talk about past things that we wish we could have changed but it’s too late now. It could be used in other ways such as nice remembrances we have in our mind. And also dreaming to go back in the past and could have met some special person who left us times ago.

                                             ANA FORNER

2n BATXILLERAT