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From: sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Re: The new hugging symbol
Message-ID: <1211@ihlpg.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 10:39:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 10 10:39:00 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Sep-85 06:18:26 EDT
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> 
> Gee... I thought that in written correspondence, "X X X" was conventionally
> used to mean "hugs", and "O O O" was conventionally used to mean "kisses".
> Isn't anyone else familiar with this?
> 
> By the way, I used to be dsn@tove.  I'm currently on sabbatical at U. of
> Rochester.

I think you have it backwards.  "X X X" is for kisses and "O O O" is for hugs.
My family always put them in pairs:  "X O   X O   X O".



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Sarah E. Dugan
"One Day At A Time"

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