Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:33:57 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 16:29:19, José Carlos wrote:
>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.
You are 100% correct. And the short word is "wink."
It's the INTERPRETATIONS of those faces that is of some discussion.
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