Every letter was once a pun

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Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wait, it's all puns?

int_mian@feddit.ro · 10 pts · 2y

🔫 Always has been!

grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Emoji are just modern hieroglyphics.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Aren't hieroglyphics actually phonetic, not pictographic like emoji are?

pedz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y

Apparently they are both.

How to Read Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

The relevant part is around the 5 minutes mark.

jerrythegenius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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B_DL@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Timba! His arms wide.

lemmyng@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

Shaka, when the walls fell.