Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ingr!fordke From: fordke@ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: :-), what is it? Message-ID: <6916@ingr.com> Date: 17 Oct 89 03:04:00 GMT References: <2531@hub.UUCP> Reply-To: fordke@ingr.UUCP (Keith Ford x8614) Distribution: usa Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, Al Lines: 71 In article <2531@hub.UUCP> basilisk@guava.ucsb.edu writes: > > 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 Jordan | basilisk@cornu.ucsb.edu | Here is a list of smiley, and others! :) smiley >:) a little devil %-| been working all night ::-) wears glasses }:-( bull headed :-{) has a mustache :-[ vampire :-# braces :-& tounge-tied :-D big smile C|:-= Charlie Chaplin =|:-)= Abe Lincoln :-W speak with forked tongue :-@ "I swear" :-X my lips are sealed :-C really bummed out C=:-) chef *<:-) Santa Claus :-O Mr. Bill *:o) Bozo :*) Ed McMahon [:-) wearing a walkman :-)) double chin :-7 smokes a pipe C:# football player :-)8 man with bowtie :-() I stubbed my toe :-( ) You stepped on my toe :-( ) You backed your car over my toe <\\ : *> a cat