Verbatim - Electronic Emotion

            Taken from an article in The Independent
              Which was itself taken from Dvorak's
                Guide to PC Telecommunications

In everyday conversation, as much as 80% of meaning is conveyed,
not by words, but by body language, facial expression or tone of
voice - all of which is lost in communication via personal
computer. In San Francisco, PC-Users have developed a system of
hieroglyphics - called 'emoticons' - to punctuate their electronic
mail and teleconference exchanges.

@~The easiest way to read these is on their side, via a printout.

     :-)       Humour, happy

     |-(       Unhappy

     :-<       Forlorn

     (:-(      Very sad

     :<)       For those with hairy lips

     :<)=      For those with beards too

     :/)       Not funny

     '-)       Wink

     ;-)       Alternate wink

     :-W       Shout with forked tongue

     :-r       Bleahh!! (sticking tongue out)

     :-f       Smirk

     :-P       Smirk

     :-,       Smirk

     :-l       Smirk

     :-*       Oops!

     :-T       Tight-lipped

     :-D       Said with a smile

     :-O       Shouting

     7-)       Reagan

     :-#       Censored

     :-X       Kiss

     :-J       Tongue-in-cheek

     :-8       Talking out of both sides of your mouth

     :-o       Oh, nooooooo!

     |-(       Late night, burnt out

     (:-&      Angry

@~They talked in the article as though this was a new idea; in
@~fact it's been around for some time, and not just in San
@~Francisco.  I find these emoticons very clever - does anyone
@~know any more? See also the Quantum Leap Primer article for
@~examples of emoticons in use!