[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: Léonie Watson <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:44:59 -0000
There's no need to wrap an emoticon inside any brackets. Just put
the string of punctuation marks at the end of a sentence or paragraph.
Emoticons are usually associated with the sentence or paragraph that
precedes them.
You don't tend to put a full stop after them either. This is one
slight drawback, as it can play havoc with a screen reader looking for a
full stop as a sign to pause at the end of a sentence. Like many things
though, you adapt to this quite easily :-)
Léonie.
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Barry Hill
Sent: 14 November 2008 11:59
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
How is an emoticom used in a sentence? Is it just tagged on before the full
stop, is it put in brackets or between the less than and greater than signs
or is it just tagged on at the end of a paragraph after the full stop?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Léonie Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:21 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
They're called emoticons and they're very much part of communicating for
and with sighted people. If you're interested in knowing more, I wrote a
guide to emoticons which can be found on my website:
http://www.tink.co.uk/content/emoticons.php
Léonie.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Dave Taylor
Sent: 12 November 2008 10:59
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
Well if we want to operate in the sighted world, I think we shouldn't take
that attitude and we should develop a way of using them. If we want to
decide we can't be bothered because it doesn't suit us, why shoul he world
accommodate some of our needs when it doesn't suit them? I just think we
need to go one way or the other, our own world with our own rules, or join
in properly in as many ways as we can!
Cheers
Dave
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Beasley
Sent: 12 November 2008 10:49
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
Hfere Here!
----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Pearson <mailto:carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:46 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
Well, here's my take on it!
I don't use winks and smiles, or grins are about all I do use. The thing
is, I don't remember the signs for them and so just write out the words
within < and > signs to make them perfectly readable. I'm not on lists
where there are more sighted people than blind, so why should I care!
<Smiles>
Hope that clarifies things a little for you!
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Carol
carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---- Original Message----
From: Amro Bilal
To: Access-UK
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: [access-uk] An observation and a curiosity
> Hi all,
>
> This might be OT, not really sure but here goes.
>
> I noticed on this list that people don't use smileys and winks such
> as :) ;) etc. People rather write smile, wink and what have you. I've
> never come across this practise on any other emailing list or
> internet forum. It struck me that even literate computer users on
> this list do that. So I wander, is there a reason for this practise?
> Do Braille users find wink signs confusing for instance? Excuse my
> ignorance, but I rely on my screen reader's speech output and I've
> never had any problems with reading winks. I started doing what
> everyone else does on this list and the Jaws list but never asked
> why!
>
> If there's a good reason behind this I'd be glad to learn it. If
> there isn't, then IMHO this is a bad habit. What applies to other
> internet forums I believe should apply here too unless there's a
> justification for doing otherwise. Am I being pedantic? Would love to
> here other people opinions!
>
> Cheers,
> Amro
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