tmp = []

for sentence_id, sentence in e_dataset_list:

    for (x, y) in zip(emoticon, emotion):

        sentence = sentence.replace(x, y)

    tmp.append(sentence)

print tmp

OUTPUT = ['hey', 'lowri']



def remove_delimiters (delimiters, s):
    for d in delimiters:
        ind = s.find(d)
        while ind != -1:
            s = s[:ind] + s[ind+1:]
            ind = s.find(d)

    return ' '.join(s.split())


delimiters = ["'"]

d_list = []

for d in tmp:
    d_list.append(remove_delimiters(delimiters, d[0]))

print d_list



OUTPUT = ['h', 'l'] - so the first letter of every word in tmp