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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby Hagar » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:47 am

[quote]can i ask a question??

where do smileys come from? and who invented them? does anyone know?

oops....well, thats kinda three questions, but can anyone answer them? cos ive kinda been confused...its a bit like the chicken or the egg...but...not...
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby murjax » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:38 pm

[quote][quote]can i ask a question??

where do smileys come from? and who invented them? does anyone know?

oops....well, thats kinda three questions, but can anyone answer them? cos ive kinda been confused...its a bit like the chicken or the egg...but...not...
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby geckos_ftw » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:45 pm

[quote][quote]can i ask a question??

where do smileys come from? and who invented them? does anyone know?

oops....well, thats kinda three questions, but can anyone answer them? cos ive kinda been confused...its a bit like the chicken or the egg...but...not...
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby ATI_7500 » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:02 pm

I preferred the old smileys.
The new ones just look...cheesy.

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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby murjax » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:09 pm

I preferred the old smileys.
The new ones just look...cheesy.

[Smileyless post]
Here is a post full of smileys. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby geckos_ftw » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:26 pm

I preferred the old smileys.
The new ones just look...cheesy.

[Smileyless post]
Here is a post full of smileys. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


thats very hypnotic...
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby Akula. » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:35 pm

*me resists the urge to spam the page with as many smilies as humanely possible*

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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby geckos_ftw » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:25 pm

you keep resisting that urge, its not pretty when i get hypnotised.  ;D
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby ATI_7500 » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:38 pm

you keep resisting that urge, its not pretty when i get hypnotised.  ;D


Oh really?

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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby geckos_ftw » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:50 pm

[quote][quote]you keep resisting that urge, its not pretty when i get hypnotised.
im not suffering insanity,

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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby H » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:01 pm

Hagar's http://www.nerdtimes.com/emoticons/index.htm reference is fairly equivelent to the whatis.techtarget.com article I read; as is oft the case, the following one provides more information, especially if you scroll down below the Background section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby TacitBlue » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:43 am

From the artical posted by Hagar:
No, no, no! Surely everyone will agree that "&" is the funniest character on the keyboard. It looks funny (like a jolly fat man in convulsions of laughter).


He has a point, it does look like someone convulsing in laughter. I can't believe those guys had such a serious discussion about similies...:-/

P.S. He also said "It sounds funny (say it loud and fast three times)", which leads me to question, how should that be pronounced?
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby H » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:17 am

P.S. He also said "It sounds funny (say it loud and fast three times)", which leads me to question, how should that be pronounced?
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Re: Smileys, the new periods.

Postby TacitBlue » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:48 am

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