Re: Net signs

From: Philip Jonkers (philipjonkers@prodigy.net)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 07:07:32 GMT

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    Hi Wade,

    yes I agree `emoticons' would be a far better name than `net signs'.
    So it was that I set out to consult our big friend mr. Google about those
    cute little memes. A small selection:

    :---( Person who is sad because he or she has a large nose
    :-D* Person laughing so hard that he or she does not notice that a 5-legged
    spider is hanging from his or her lip
    :-| Person unsure of which long-distance company to choose
    >8-O-(&) Person just realizing that he or she has a tapeworm
    :-0WW Person vomiting a series of Slim Jims
    :-Q Person who just had cybersex and is now enjoying a post-coital
    cybercigarette
    >:-Q -... Person who was enjoying a post-coital cigarette until he suddenly
    noticed, to his alarm, that there is some kind of discharge dribbling from
    his cybermember
    :-{8 Person who is unhappy with the results of her breast-enlargement
    surgery
    :V:-| Person who cannot figure out why nobody wants to talk to him or her,
    little suspecting that there is an alligator on his or her head
    ~oE]:-| Fisherperson heading for market with a basket on his or her head
    containing a three-legged octopus that is giving off smell rays
    >:-[ -{9 Person who is none too pleased to be giving birth to a squirrel

    And the list goes on and on and on and on...

    Philip.

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    > Hi Philip Jonkers -
    >
    > >Most of you are familiar with a phenomenon known as net signs.
    >
    > I first heard them called 'emoticons', and I like that name a whole lot
    > better. ;-)
    >
    > These days, with the advent of the instant messaging softwares so avidly
    > taken up by teenagers and preteenagers, the emoticons (also called
    > 'smileys') are being replaced by actual small icons or images, complete
    > with text at times.
    >
    > The early ascii email clients did not provide any way to indicate
    > sarcasm, or irony, or just plain fooling around, so some indications had
    > to be made to indicate such incursions of fancy.
    >
    > They are still, IMHO, a necessary part of netiquette to learn.
    >
    > There are probably a few hundred of them in ascii form.
    >
    > - Wade
    >
    >
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