Jerz: Writing for the Internet (EL 236)


6 Sep 2006

Wikipedia, ''Emoticons''

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons

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emoticons are a language all their own. they express a certain something that words cannot, one thing I did not know was that Eartern and Western emoticons are totally different one writtien vertically and the other horizontal.wether it be a feeling or a bold statement to make,the emoticon was invented for such things. who would have ever thunk that we could speak without talking? what a concept!

Posted by: jeremy barrick at September 5, 2006 01:08 PM

I cannot believe that Emoticons is in wikepedia. I was really unaware of the history of the smiley also until i read this. The idea of them even having a historical context is funny to me. I know in my personal life i like to use them when im putting emotion into my text msgs. Ive even noticed that the use of these emoticons on instnat messenger is gettin more technologically advanced. they seem to be more animated now and even move and wink at you. Crazy that these advances happen in the smallest areas of the internet

Posted by: Rachel Prichard at September 5, 2006 05:24 PM

For the sake of posting this, and because I think some of you may get a laugh or two out of this, here's a blog written by another SHU blogger about emoticons: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MikeRubino/014811.html

Posted by: Karissa at September 5, 2006 10:59 PM

I wish that this article would have had a few more examples. -)

Posted by: Cherie at September 6, 2006 12:18 PM
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