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From: packer@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Michael A Packer,Knapp Hall,,2928607)
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Subject: Re: :-), what is it?
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Date: 14 Oct 89 22:12:21 GMT
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From article <2531@hub.UUCP>, by basilisk@guava.ucsb.edu:
> 
>   I keep seeing the symbol ':-)' and variations of it all over the news.
> What exactly does it mean?  Nobody around here really seems to know and I
> wouldn't know where to look for it in a manual.  
> 

 Ed turn your head to the left 90 degrees.  It is a smilie face.  Yes,
there are many, many variations to this little character set.

:) ;-) ;-] :( :[ and so on.....

mike
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