Author: José Carlos
Date: 13:29:19 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 14:59:11, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On April 29, 2002 at 14:51:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 29, 2002 at 12:46:49, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On April 29, 2002 at 11:10:38, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 28, 2002 at 19:15:44, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 28, 2002 at 19:03:35, Shay Bushinsky wrote:
>>>>><snipped>
>>>>>>[Black "GambitTiger0"]
>>>>>
>>>>>I see the reason that GambitTiger lost.
>>>>>
>>>>>GambitTiger2 was not used in the game.
>>>>>Even GambitTiger1 was not used and only GambitTiger0 was used(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Uri, LOL!
>>>>
>>>>But you might want to add something like ;-) to your jokes because normally you
>>>>are so serious that people can fail to recognize when you are joking.
>>>
>>>I added "(" instead of ")"
>>>
>>>I hope to remember the right symbol for jokes in the future.
>>>I think that ";-)" is the best.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>
>>The following smileys will do it: ":)", ":-)" or ";-)"
>>
>>I like ":)" because it is easy to type.
>>
>
>
>Some people do use :) and :-) to mean they are joking, but many people use them
>instead (or also) to show general "good will" or to indicate that something they
>said was NOT to be taken in a negative sense. I think ;) and ;-) are used
>almost exclusively to indicate humor, which is why I prefer them for that
>purpose.
>
>Plus, ;) is at least as easy to type as :) is. :) ;)
AFAIK, the ")" is a smile, the ":" are two open eyes and the ";)" are one open
and one closed eye, and the "-" is the nose. So :) and :-) are just smiling
faces and ;) and ;-) are smiling faces with the right eye closed (I don't know a
better word in english) :)
José C.
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