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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:39:11 -0500
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- From: Cynthia Clark <cclark@CNRI.RESTON.VA.US>
- Subject: Re: My Bio & other stuff (from Richard Snelling)
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu,
- 05 Nov 92 17:14:00 CST." <9211052057.aa25363@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
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- Richard's question> What does :*) and :) and *-) , etc. mean?????
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- This odd symbol is one of the ways a person can portray "mood" in
- the very flat medium of computers--by using "smiles". This is
- `metacommunication', and there are literally hundreds of them,
- from the obvious to the obscure. This particular example
- expresses "happiness". Don't see it? Tilt your head to the left
- 90 degrees. Smiles are also used to denote sarcasm.
- - Brendan P. Kehoe
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- Have a good day,
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- Cynthia ;*)
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- P.S. does this look like a wink, isn't it ?
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