I believe Benjamin's description is accurate as the big smile face is :D where the D represents an open mouth.
HTH, Amro----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkeslewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:54 PM 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
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