๐ Folded Hands Emoji
Two hands placed firmly together, meaning please or thank you in Japanese culture. A common alternative use for this emoji is for praye...
emojipedia.org
:pray: (Github, Slack)
:folded_hands: (Emojipedia)
From the "emojipedia.org", below is in our country and culture (India) context,
Namaste
Prayer
Also the Shortcodes
B4X::pray: (Github, Slack) :folded_hands: (Emojipedia)
So I think the original was for praying.
Ahh.. I am not stopping anyone to use it as 'thank you'.as you can see it is also known as "Thank You" and to be honest i like it more than the like button. as erel already said it is a more personal way to say thank you than just give a like to a post.
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Ahh.. I am not stopping anyone to use it as 'thank you'.
I just found that the shortcut code is 'pray' so I mentioned it, that may be original it was for 'pray'.
Just typeand see.B4X::pr
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As time passes we change the meaning words and images to fit current situation. It is OK.
Here in Greece "namaste" means "here we are".
I'll stick with my high five theory