{"id":2126,"date":"2013-02-21T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2013-02-21T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T14:01:51","slug":"an-emoji-translation-of-moby-dick-is-now-part-of-the-library-of-congress-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/02\/21\/an-emoji-translation-of-moby-dick-is-now-part-of-the-library-of-congress-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"An Emoji Translation Of “Moby Dick” Is Now Part Of The Library Of Congress Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An emoji-tastic version of the classic novel has garnered itself a spot in the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The Library of Congress<\/a> Tuesday inducted<\/a> a new version of the classic tome Moby Dick<\/em> into its archives. The twist? This version is written entirely in emoji, or Japanese emoticons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emoji Dick<\/a> began in 2009 as a Kickstarter<\/a> project<\/a> by creator Fred Benenson (a Kickstarter employee himself). Benenson took to Amazon<\/a>‘s Mechanical Turk<\/a> to crowdsource a translation of the Herman Melville epic, which is upwards of 212,000 words.<\/p>\n

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An emoji-tastic version of the classic novel has garnered itself a spot in the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress Tuesday inducted a new version of the classic tome Moby Dick into its archives. The twist? This version is written entirely in emoji, or Japanese emoticons. Emoji Dick began in 2009 as a Kickstarter … <\/p>\n

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