The proper term is 'emoticons' (emotion+icon, I guess). Not long
ago I read a wonderful article about the differences between
Western and Japanese emoticons, with the former placing a much
heavier emphasis on the mouth ;-) and the latter on the eyes,
(^!^)
Unfortunately I don't remember where I read it, but I don't think
it was online. If you do a search and find it online, please
forward the URL
Eduardo
"Mueller, Bob" wrote:
>
> By the way, what is the "term" for these things anyway?
>
> (:-), :-(, :-|. 8-), ;-), :-o, :-O, :-0, :-9, :-p, etc.)
>
> ......."email-isms?"
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:]
> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 3:03 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: Need XML & HTML Entity Reference
> > for :-| or :|
> > Symbol
> >
> >
> > > A simple question. Could someone tell me the XML and HTML equivalent
> > > entity reference for :-| or :| symbol? I'm not able to express
> > > exactly what kind of face this is, but for sure, this is not the
> > > smiling or frowning face.
> >
> > I can't believe you said that with a straight face.
> >
> > (sorry, I couldn't resist! ;-)
> >
> > Sean Ross
> > Corvallis, Oregon, USA
> >
> >
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