How to Speak Emoji

Want to learn a new language? Fred Benenson lays out even the most basic of Emoji, pairs them with descriptions and even goes as far as to teach the reader to use them in day to day conversation.

Become fluent in Emoji, and never doubt the relevance of that kissy face ever again! In a gadget driven world, How to Speak Emoji is perfect for phone addicts and luddites alike. You'll never want to leave the house without it to guide you.

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Seriously though, this was hilarious and so fantastic

Step up your emoji game! Really cute and funny book from the editor of Emoji Dick, a translation of Moby Dick into emoji. With the help of How to Speak Emoji, you will be able to communicate completely in emoji!

It begins with a chapter on basic language tips to help make your own translations. There is more to emoji translation than literally matching words to symbols! The next section is the "Emoji Dictionary," which explains how individual emojis are used. Many are surprisingly versatile!

The majority of the book is the "Emoji Phrasebook," which will help you combine the individual emojis into complete sentences. The categories of the phrasebook are Basic Conversation, Idioms, Food and Drink, Relationships, Pickup Lines, Insults, Nightlife, Famous Quotes, Lyrics, Film and TV Titles, Help and Directions, In the Workplace, Technology, Travel, Medical/Emergency, Weather, Seasonal, and The Twelve Days of Christmas.

My favorite translations were the crazy complicated ones, especially the one for Breaking Bad! This would be a fun gift for the emoji lover in your life. It's a quick read and it made me laugh!

Its just really nice and surprisingly informational.

The first thing you need to know about Fred Benenson is that he is also the author of Emoji Dick. The first emoji-only book in the Library of Congress, Emoji Dick retells Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick in emojis. If that sounds like fun to you, you will enjoy Benenson's How to Speak Emoji.

Personally, I'm not all that entertained by the use of emojis. I'm sure that's because I am a middle-aged fuddy-duddy. A quick peek at my teenage sons' text messages would tell me that it's probably a generational thing. They love them. However, they don't use them as creatively and articulately as Benenson does. The book is chock full of common phrases and sayings that one can use immediately. It will also serve as inspiration for emoji-lovers to expand their repertoire.

Benenson's emoji phrases are certainly clever. For most of them, I was happy that he had a translation handy. I guess that's part of the fun; send these emojis to your friends, and see if they can figure out exactly what you're trying to say.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

This eye-opening dictionary showed me the vast flexibility of communicating with emoji's. I use emojis to emphasize the tone of my text but I have never really attempted to communicate a full sentence by emoji alone. Actually I doubt I will start now but it is fascinating to peruse this book and see the possibilities. Please note, in spite of the cuteness, this is not a children's book. There are phrases in here that you don't want your elementary child to learn yet! But mature teens and new adults will surely enjoy this dictionary and phrasebook.

Cute and helpful.

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How to Speak Emoji by Fred Benenson is a fun book for those illiterate in this particular language. I am not "cool" enough to know all the lingo my grand kids email me so I thought this would give me an idea of what they were saying. It was a fun read. Although I knew a some of it, it helped me figure out what the lingo is and how to speak it and understand it. Won't they be surprised? It is in sections which helps, and goes slow for us beginners. Made a lot of sense the way the author laid things out. I thought it was a good teaching tool and he did it in a humorous way. Good job. I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review.

This book was both clever and funny. Some of the more inventive emoji quotes made me snort, a most unladylike sound, but there you have it. While I can't see myself ever conversing in only emoji, I can see myself reading this book again for chuckles.

Enormous fun! This book moves from a basic dictionary to themed sections of phrases, through to giving us the lyrics for The 12 Days of Xmas written in emoji. There's lots of very funny phrases and funnier uses of emoji characters. My full review can be read on the Glam Adelaide website.

How to Speak Emoji by Fred Benenson is as neat as they come. I can definitely see this book being a hit with readers like me who only know basic emojis. After reading this book, I no longer have to forward texts to my son for translation 

**Advanced copy graciously provided by NetGalley and Andrews McNeel Publishing for an honest review**

This author rewrote Moby Dick with just emojis, so he’s the right person to do this book. This seems more impressive than the Peter Rabbit edition of hieroglyphs, but then it’s a lot easier to make an emoji of a whale.
This book starts with a dictionary, from the most simple onward. But by the time you get to the phrasebook and idioms it seems like more work than it’s worth. The pickup lines are the worst I’ve ever heard. . . wait, I’ve never heard a good one. Never mind. Insults, on the other hand, I can get behind. (That’s what she said.) The proverbs are fairly funny, reminding me of a similarly-themed book I had for Latin. Even better were lyrics, though I don’t know if anyone who likes Love Is a Battlefield will figure out that emoji chain. Eye of the Tiger, on the other hand. . .
But it’s the movies and TV shows section that’s the funniest, particularly Fight Club. Breaking Bad is novel-sized!
I’d imagine most people use emojis to emphasize what they’d written; this book is mostly about substituting for words completely. It’s fun for a while, but I wonder how many people would actually use it. . . well, I suppose if you cut and paste. . .
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

Useful for those of us who never quite got the emoji thing. Though even with the translations some of the phrases still didn't make sense to me. The pickup lines and insults are funny, the long string of emojis for Breaking Bad seems endless and I'm not sure 'Where's the red light district?' is a common question. Nevertheless, by the end of this you'll be much more fluent in emoji speak!

Loved it, the ambiguous meanings for wind!

A must for all teachers / parents as part of the survival kit as emojis get more and more complex and youngsters try to disguise their comments.

I've already started creating my own language with my husband much to the disgust of my niece. We can all join in having a secret language or understand theirs, much to their horror!

Can't wait to embarrass teenagers who think they are the only ones who can use emojis and baffle my parents! You're never too old! 🖖

I was give a free copy by netgalley for my fair and honest review.

This was a good book you can learn it easy pezy and your teenagers will laugh at you for learning how to speak in emoji