How the internet has responded with glee to World Emoji Day

IT has been hailed s the fastest-growing language in the So much so that emoji now has its own day. July 17; yes, that’s today.

The reason being that July 17 is displayed on the iOS Calendar Emoji.

And while there’s a very good chance that when they woke up this morning many didn’t know it was World Emoji Day, the internet has reacted with its customary eager ingenuity to fully embrace this most modern of celebrations.

From songs, to film titles, to ballet synopses, anything that could be recast as an emoji appears to have been.

Quizzes have been constructed asking you to guess the films, footballers, cities and railway stations. Even companies have got in the act, with billboard ads using nothing but emoji icons.

Jack Wills has retold the well-known intro song to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, using a mix of the written word and

But special mention must go to marketing team behind soon-to-be-released film The Man From U.N.C.L.E, who have produced a trailer - all in emoji.

Jack Wills crowns itself as the Fresh Prince of Emoji

Even Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction has been adapted…

…as has one of the darkest moments in English royal history

Global giants including Pepsi and MacDonald’s have bought into the idea

While music videos have also proved a fertile ground for being reimagined using emoji…

World Emoji Day also provides a good opportunity for those quizzes that have done the rounds on the internet in the past get yet another airing