# What authority assigns the "short" names of the Emoji?

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**Created:** [2015 年 6 月 4 日午後 11:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-authority-assigns-the-short-names-of-the-emoji/29665 "2015-06-04T23:49:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Post date:** [2015 年 6 月 5 日午前 12:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-authority-assigns-the-short-names-of-the-emoji/29665/3 "2015-06-05T00:09:50Z")

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Well **someone** decided that U+1F346 AUBERGINE should be called :`eggplant`: and not :`aubergine`:, so I don’t think it’s one of those two. (I came asking about :`fries`: because that’s another UK / US difference.)

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