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The latest story line involves an alien race called the Emoticons, who have lost the ability to communicate verbally.
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Emoticons: Added four new emoticon packs to choose from
Digsby Updates, Improves Performance, Adds New Features | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Emoticons built with parentheses don't have to be paired with other parentheses, as this parenthesis mark obviously is.
The Times 2009
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Emoticons built with parentheses don't have to be paired with other parentheses, as this parenthesis mark obviously is.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Emoticons can mean whatever the writer and reader want them to mean, until, of course the meaning is explicitly defined [...] [Read more →]
2008 April 2008
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In “Emoticons During Wartime,” a recent article in The New Yorker (December 10, 2007), Tom McNichol documents the usefulness of emoticons in communicating by visual innuendo.
2008 April 2008
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"Emoticons are necessary," Hurst maintains, "because there is no subtlety in e-mail, and jokes do not transmit well."
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Emoticons and other symbols will add to the context you are trying to get across.
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"Emoticons are necessary," Hurst maintains, "because there is no subtlety in e-mail, and jokes do not transmit well."
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"Emoticons are necessary," Hurst maintains, "because there is no subtlety in e-mail, and jokes do not transmit well."
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