08/11/2017 Newsround


08/11/2017

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Hi, I'm Martin.

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This is Newsround

on Wednesday morning.

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Coming up in the next few minutes...

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We find out how emojis are chosen.

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We meet the boy who's designed this

year's Christmas first class stamp.

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And who knew crocodiles

could be cute!

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Here at Newsround we do love

an emoji, but have you ever wondered

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who decides which ones you get

to have on your phone or tablet?

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We went to meet one woman

who's got that very job.

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My name is Jennifer.

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I am part of a group

that helps to decide the

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world's emojis.

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What are the things

in our world that are

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important enough to be an emoji?

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So, are dinosaurs important

enough to be an emoji?

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What kind of dinosaurs?

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A certain emoji, like

a mosquito emoji, is

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really important, because it allows

you to communicate the idea of

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danger without having to learn every

single language, because everybody

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recognises mosquitoes.

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Some people think that

people use an emoji

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because they are really lazy.

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But if you think about it,

the reason people love emojis so

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much is that it's a really fast

simple way to communicate ideas, and

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allows people who don't

speak the same language

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to communicate using emojis.

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Sometimes emoji are really clear.

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But sometimes it can be really

confusing what the other

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person means.

And some people don't like that.

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And other people think that's

what makes emojis fun.

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In different cultures

people can give

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the emoji their own meaning.

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In Japanese, this

is how you say thank you.

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But in America, and sometimes

the West, this looks like

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people praying.

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And some people actually think it

looks like a high five.

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So you can actually

have very different

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interpretations of

the different emojis.

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Imagine having a picture you've

drawn sent all around the world.

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Pretty cool, right?

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Well, I met up with 10-year-old Ted,

whose drawing got chosen to be

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a postage stamp by Prince Charles,

and is ready for all

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your Christmas cards!

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Ted, this is a pretty

important stamp, isn't it?

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This is my stamp design.

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It the first class

stamp for this year.

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Wait a minute - this Christmas stamp

is going over the world?

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Hopefully, yeah.

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How do you feel about that?

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Well, it's pretty overwhelming.

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Kind of weird to think this

is going to be a stamp now,

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and people can buy this.

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How did you find out you had

won the competition?

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The head teacher called

me to her office.

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I was sort of wondering

if I had done something

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wrong, although I couldn't

think of anything.

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But when I got there, she was

standing in the middle of the

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office smiling at me,

and then she told me.

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And I didn't speak of

approximately half an hour

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after that.

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Prince Charles basically

picked your stamp out of thousands

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of others.

What was it like meeting him?

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He just doesn't seem

to me like royalty.

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He seems like the kind of guy

you'd just be friends with.

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He asked me how I came

up with the design.

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How did you come with it?

What were you thinking?

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What was your inspiration?

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I was kind of thinking about mainly

what it would look like stamp size.

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If it was too detailed

you wouldn't be able to

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make any of that out.

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So I tried to keep it pretty simple.

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I couldn't have several reindeer.

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I thought about Father Christmas,

because he delivers

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presents to everyone,

and Christmas is about sharing

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and being nice to other people.

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Have you ever fancied

walking on water?

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Well, check this out.

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This is the world's

longest floating walkway.

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And it's just opened up in China.

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It's over three miles long

and is made up of more than

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220,000 plastic blocks.

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They move up and down

as you walk along it,

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making it feel like you're surfing.

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But don't worry, guys,

you want to float away,

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as there are anchors under the water

to keep the walkway in place.

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So, can you guess what shape

it is supposed to be?

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Anyone?

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It's a butterfly!

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Pretty cool, hey?

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Check out these baby crocodiles

hatching in America.

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They were born at San

Diego Zoo in California.

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They're West African

dwarf crocodiles -

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that's the smallest known species

of crocodile.

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Three of them hatched on their own.

A fourth one had to get help.

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Thanks for watching.

I'm back after eight.

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Enjoy your breakfast!

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You can always had to newsround

online. Bye-bye.

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