Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!necntc!primerd!dnk From: dnk@primerd.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Meaning of :-) and :-< Message-ID: <63000002@primerd> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 11:50:00 EST Article-I.D.: primerd.63000002 Posted: Wed Dec 2 11:50:00 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Dec-87 02:18:47 EST Lines: 157 Nf-ID: #N:primerd:63000002:000:3712 Nf-From: primerd.UUCP!dnk Dec 2 11:50:00 1987 . Subject: What do those :-) and :-< things mean, anyhow? Netter-Folk: I thought that the enclosed notes posted on Prime Computer Inc.'s internal Bulletin Board might amuse more than just ourselves. I will leave some of the original Prime bulletin-board item numbers, subjects, and authors, to add to the flavor of the adoption curve of this idea within this community... I know you are already familiar with the earlier :-) incarnations of the smileyface, but you may like some of the later variations on this theme! As ever, "Your Emotions May Vary" depending on your screen font, ASCII character set equivalences, and YOUR receptivity... #4285 11/19/87 9:46 PM Dan Kalikow (dnk@enx.prime.com) [FUN] What do those :-) and :-< things mean, anyhow? Some background on the weird :-) constructions I used in some of my previous notes, for the curious: These are "shorthand expression markings" which seem to be in current vogue on the nationwide computer BBoards. Hint: Look at them sideways! :-) means (smile), same for 8-) but with wider-open "eyes" ;-) means (smile) plus (wink) :-< or :-( mean (sad face) ... and my own extensions ... :-} means (wry grin) :-{ means (sarcastic displeasure) Current usage has it as permissible to balance an open parenthesis with a "smiling close parenthesis" (despite the mixed semantics bound to amuse any LISPer ;-). I just can't wait to see all the creative smiley-faces and other body language that will undoubtedly be posted in response to this. 8-), Dan #4288 11/20/87 8:42 AM Dan Kalikow (DNK) Expires 12/19/87 [FUN] Yet newer faces seen on the nets B-) a smileyface with glasses :^) making for a more noticeable nose ... and my own rather more fanciful extensions ... :~| an ex-prizefighter with a cauliflower nose? Depending on the screen or printer font used, 8-) can have asymmetrical eye sizes, perhaps an unintended effect of this shorthand... B^}, Dan #4296 11/20/87 9:51 AM Steve Rehrauer (rehrauer@s55.prime.com) [FUN] 8^) Let's also not forget: :-)> (for us bearded types) and |^P (ack!) #4305 11/20/87 1:39 PM Dennis Kosakowski (DJK) [FUN] silly faces, etc. ?:^) Cutsie/boy-ish ?8^P An 8 yr-old just handed an ice-cream cone >:-] Sinister >:-P Sinister with a dirty mind >B^P PPFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!! <:^} Sheep-ish <8^O Disbelief 8 O Disbelief but with the lights out 3B^) Lucy in disguise with glasses )/-L Picasso/Dali/Surrealist-of-your-choice ... and a more recent flurry of other faces from many different quarters within the company ... no attribution given here ... How 'bout Groucho? {B^{ What, and forget about Bork?? B-)= Jimmy Durante? :@) ... This next one done by a (presumably) loyal British subject: 38-) Her Majesty, with crown How about... {:@)= Frank Zappa?? Frank Zappa: more like {:@(= O-| A stern Cyclops /:^=( Adolf Hitler Ho Chi Minh (|^<>=- Buddy Hackett {%-^) {O=((X<8)?U%7:4)} Totem pole of faces or... ... C programming statement? {.^) Sammie Davis Jr. (Pardon the vitreous humor! :-) 0 Ronald Reagan 00 Mike Dukakis ...The good, the bad, and the tired: ]:( "Stay in bed." 8^| O:) "Go to work." The totem pole posted earlier is unfair to APL. Why pick on C, when there's APL? (Insert funny face made of APL character set here: ) Now take that funny face, and try to figure out what it does, as an APL one-liner. In a similar vein, a totally different subject: {:+ Yes, I _do_ play the oboe. Why do you ask? o<8^)> We glyph you a merry Christmas... Cheers, Dan B^)> Kalikow Prime Computer, Inc. (dnk@enx.prime.com)