Author: Jorge
Date: 07:54:56 04/30/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 16:33:57, Roy Eassa wrote:
>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.
You know you are allowed to use even bigger smiles like :D, or tounge-out
smiles, like :P, (you can tell I'm good at this lol).
jorge
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