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SMILEYS: GETTING THE MEANING OVER WITH KEYBOARD COMMUNICATIONS
Remember G6WBJ's message about these? The idea is taken from the
world of electronic mail; little symbols are made up from
ordinary characters. At first I thought it was another case of
non-standard characters, however I sussed it - you have to look
at them sideways. The fundamental is :-) which is a smiling face
- (eyes, nose and mouth). The extra ones I have `found' are:
8-) - user wears sunglasses;
:-{) - has a moustache;
:-Q - smokes; or
@:-) - wears a turban.
Thn there are mood/response ones - he/she is:
:-D laughing;
:-/ skeptical;
:-e disappointed;
:-7 wry; or
:-X keeping his lips sealed.
Or, getting less and less intelligible:
:-F User is a buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing;
*:o) a clown;
+-:-) holds religious office;
@= is pro-nuclear; and finally (and unbelievably)
C=}>;{)) - the user is a drunk, devilish chef with a toupe
in an updraft, a moustache and a double chin.
With acknowledgements(?) to - of all places! - the Economist!
(October 1990).
73 de John G6JPG @ GB7ESX - Wed 21 Nov 1990 19:35 UCT