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Re: Original Smiley Found (-:
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Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:14:52 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:
> Erik Olson <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote:
> > first proposed. Yet the original message in which the smiley was invented
> > had been lost -- until now. :-) ..."
> > http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Smiley.html
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> Nice. I wonder when the superior modern denosed :) version started.
Well, back in the days when 40 column screens were common for BBS
users (Commodore 64, Apple ][, etc.) the :) version was preferable,
since :-) looked very much out of proportion.
Interestingly enough I remember from my BBS days that -) was often
used to indicate tongue-in-cheek postings. The - was the tongue, and
the ) was the cheek; it was *not* a smiley.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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