Re: DOCBOOK: Re: Need XML & HTML Entity Reference for :-| or :| Symbol

[Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@eng.sun.com>]

The proper term is 'emoticons' (emotion+icon, I guess). Not long
ago I read a wonderful article about the differences between
Western and Japanese emoticons, with the former placing a much
heavier emphasis on the mouth ;-) and the latter on the eyes,
(^!^)

Unfortunately I don't remember where I read it, but I don't think
it was online. If you do a search and find it online, please
forward the URL

Eduardo

"Mueller, Bob" wrote:
> 
> By the way, what is the "term" for these things anyway?
> 
> (:-), :-(, :-|. 8-), ;-), :-o, :-O, :-0, :-9, :-p, etc.)
> 
> ......."email-isms?"
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rosss@research.oneworld.com [mailto:rosss@research.oneworld.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 3:03 PM
> > To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: Need XML & HTML Entity Reference
> > for :-| or :|
> > Symbol
> >
> >
> > > A simple question. Could someone tell me the XML and HTML equivalent
> > > entity reference for :-| or :| symbol? I'm not able to express
> > > exactly what kind of face this is, but for sure, this is not the
> > > smiling or frowning face.
> >
> > I can't believe you said that with a straight face.
> >
> > (sorry, I couldn't resist! ;-)
> >
> > Sean Ross
> > Corvallis, Oregon, USA
> > rosss@research.oneworld.com
> >

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