X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110f55,3995aff87613e7af X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,3995aff87613e7af X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,3995aff87613e7af X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-11 07:18:37 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: gkomatsu@uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Line-talk: Japanese emoticons Date: 11 Dec 1994 09:17:50 -0600 Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 25 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3cf56u$mer@gagme.wwa.com> References: <3c7coo$c2a@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:3271 alt.ascii-art:17970 In article <3c7coo$c2a@gagme.wwa.com> boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes: > David Mediavilla emailed me some goodies >and said: "I've received this short list of Japanese emoticons. Perhaps >you find them interesting. Feel free to post it to the Ascii art groups >if you find it worths it." >[...] >Typical Japanese icons for these are: >(^-^) :smile ><^O^> :laughing loudly >(@_@) :stunned >(o_o) :shocked >m(_ _)m :deep bow used for apologizing or expressing thanks. or just ^_^, if you add the parenthesis, it can be thought of as an "ear-to-ear" grin. You can also add semicolons to the side as beads of sweat (in embarassment), (^_^;; maichatta... -- _galen_komatsu__gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu__ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu_ XTC Nakajima Michiyo nin Revolution Atari2600 KOF'94 semprini!