Re: guides to emoticons Ooh! Cheers!!!! That's great! Erica. Erica J Cole EMail rebellion220@xxxxxxxxxxx MSN ezica@xxxxxxxxxx phone 0115 714 1140 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: 02 December 2008 22:55 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: emoticons Andy Collins wrote: > Can somebody tell me the difference between :] and :-] when it comes to > emoticons? I get them in text messages at times, and thought I knew than > :] meant a smile, but don't know about :-]. :) is a smile (round parenthesis not square brackets). The colon (one dot above another dot) represents two eyes; the curving right parenthesis represents a smiling mouth. I believe :-) means the same thing, with the addition of a hyphen between the eyes and smiling mouth representing a long straight nose. Guides to emoticons: http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/emoticons/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_emoticons Hope that helps -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq