LBNovey, 

As someone who does not use a lot of emojis in my messages, I understand not wanting the automatic suggestion to convert your words. The good thing is that the option is easy to turn off. To do so, go to the main settings menu in Message+ by tapping Menu(three lines upper left), then Settings and choose Conversations. Once there, toggle the Enable Smart Emojis setting to the off position. Let us know if this information helps.

ShawnteJ_VZW