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- Introducing the Smiley family
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-
- Hi all,
-
- Having seen a few general responses to hatemail etc., I thought I would pass
- on extracts from a message which arrived in my in-tray on my machine at the
- office. The symbols can be used in all sorts of ways, as you will see. With
- these to hand you can take the sting out of your nasty comments !!
-
- Basic SMILEY symbols.
-
- :-) This is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement, since we
- can't hear voice inflection over the network !!
- ;-) Winky smiley. User just made a flirtatious and/or sarcastic remark.
- More of a "don't hit me for what I just said" smiley.
- :-( Frowning smiley. User did not like that last statement or is upset
- or depressed about something.
- :- Indifferent smiley.
- (Create on a PC by holding ALT and using number keypad type 179, then
- release ALT)
- :-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark. Worse than a :-)
- >:-> User made a really devilish remark.
- >;-> Winky and devil combined. User just made a LEWD devilish remark.
-
- Those were the basic ones - here are a few others ......
- (-: User is left handed
- %-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight.
- :*) User is drunk.
- [:] User is a robot.
- 8-) User wears sunglasses.
- B:-) Sunglasses on forehead.
- B-) User wears horn-rimmed glasses.
- 8:-) User is a little girl.
- :-)-8 User is a big girl.
- :-{) User has a mustache.
- :-{} User wears lipstick.
- {:-) User wears a toupee.
- }:-) Toupee in an updraft.
- +-:-) User is the Pope or holds some other religious office.
- [:-) User is wearing a Walkman.
- <:- User is a dunce.
- :-)X User wears a bow tie.
- And the one I like !!
- E-:-) Ham Radio user.
-
- TTFN - Peter, GB7APC @ GB7APC.