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

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**Post date:** [6월 5, 2015, 2:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-authority-assigns-the-short-names-of-the-emoji/29665/6 "2015-06-05T02:55:41Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Perhaps Japanese people call eggplants Aubergines

Seems it is a legitimate alternative name, though I sure never heard of it before  
And it isn’t the Japanese, but the Brits! 🙀

> **[Eggplant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant)**
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> Solanum ovigerum Dunal
> Solanum trongum Poir.
> and see text
> Eggplant (in North American, Australian, and Philippine English), aubergine (in British, Irish, and New Zealand English), brinjal (in Indian, Bangladeshi,\[citation needed\] Pakistani, Singapore, Malaysian,\[citation needed\] South African, and Sri Lankan English), or baigan (in Caribbean English)\[unreliable source?\] is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Solanum melongena is grown worldwide for its edible fruit, typical...

Anyway, I thought the images were “mapped” so basically _any_ :word: could be used for any image.

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