Oh that's great. Having never seen, this is kind of new to me! *smile* Cheers, Mark Mark Matthews E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of L=E9onie Watson Sent: 23 June 2004 15:58 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Emoticons other than in Messenger Mark, That's absolutely right :-) Tink. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Mark Matthews" <mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Emoticons other than in Messenger > Thanks tink. So would I be right in thinking that a semi-colon and=20 > right bracket resembles a winking smiley? Note I wrote the punctuation > in words, because I wasn't sure what you had your level set at, and to > save using your left/right arrow keys if it was set to some or none. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Mark >=20 > Mark Matthews > E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx > MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx > Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On=20 > Behalf Of L=3DE9onie Watson > Sent: 23 June 2004 09:58 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Emoticons other than in Messenger >=20 >=20 > Mark, >=20 > I tend to use them, particularly if I'm communicating with a=20 > sighted person. This is an old habit from before I was blind and hard=20 > to break. I have Jaws set up to recognise certain strings of=20 > punctuation as emoticons and it works well, but I tend to avoid using=20 > them as much when communicating on the VI centric lists and use full=20 > words instead. *Smile. >=20 > HTH, > Tink. > ----- Original Message -----=3D20 > From: "Mark Matthews" <mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Access UK " <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:24 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Emoticons other than in Messenger >=20 >=20 > > HI, > > > > I was wondering are graphical emoticons such as the happy and = sad=3D20 > > smileys, winking smileys etc, okay to use in printed texts in=3D20=20 > > general....for example in E-mails and SMS messages? I've got a=20 > > feeling >=20 > > some emoticons are only common to Windows/MSN Messenger. I wanted=20 > > to=3D20 make sure first just in case people wondered why I was = sending > > them=3D20 stray punctuation lol! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mark > > > > Mark Matthews > > E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk > > > > > > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > > ** unsubscribe > > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > > ** or digest mode, send a message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > > ** faq > > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. > > > > >=20 > ** Are you going on holiday and want to halt messages? > ** Send a message to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type the word vacation > ** followed by a space, then the number of days you > ** wish to stop receiving messages for. > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > ** unsubscribe > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > ** or digest mode, send a message, to=3D20 > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > ** faq > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. >=20 >=20 > ** Are you going on holiday and want to halt messages? > ** Send a message to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type the word vacation > ** followed by a space, then the number of days you > ** wish to stop receiving messages for. > ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- > ** unsubscribe > ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body > ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, > ** or digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > ** faq > ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. >=20 >=20 ** Are you going on holiday and want to halt messages? ** Send a message to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type the word vacation ** followed by a space, then the number of days you ** wish to stop receiving messages for. ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- ** unsubscribe ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, ** or digest mode, send a message, to=20 ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- ** faq ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body. ** Are you going on holiday and want to halt messages? ** Send a message to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type the word vacation ** followed by a space, then the number of days you ** wish to stop receiving messages for. ** To leave the Access-UK list, send a message with the Subject:- ** unsubscribe ** to access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body ** For other things like setting nomail when on holiday, ** or digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- ** faq ** Please do not put text or signatures in the message body.