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From: msw@browngr.UUCP (Mark Wachsler)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: net.singles acronym definitions
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Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 12:59:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 12:59:20 1984
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[munch, crunch]

>	As a new acronym for serious, how about -:) ( as opposed to ':-)')
>
>		since :-) is
>	       teeth  ^
>		tongue ^
>		   cheek^
>	For tongue in cheek
>	then
>			-:)
>		  tongue^
>		    teeth^
>		     cheek^
>	would indicate that you're tongue wasn't in your cheek...
>		Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time...

What??   I always thought that ':-)' was a smiley face turned on its
side  (':' = eyes, '-' = nose, ')' = grin).  That's why I figured
':-|' would be good as a seriousness-indicator, and perhaps you could
even use ':-(' to indicate distress or depression about something.
As far as I'm concerned, '-:)' looks like someone with a misplaced
nose.

The other thing I find moderately amusing is referring to these symbols
as acronyms.  I'd doubt any normally accepted definition of acronym would
include these.  (or does ':-)' actually stand for ':#($&#$ -%^&#$&
)&^$%#'?) :-)

Oh well, flameoff and all that.

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And they wandered in from the City of St. John,  	Mark Wachsler
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