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Taualumna

09-18-2007 10:14 AM

:-) is 25!

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PITTSBURGH - It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

Happy birthday Smiley!

:):):)

Does anyone know how long :-)'s Asian counter-part, ^_^ has been around?

BetteDavisEyes

09-18-2007 10:14 AM

Hahahaha!

Happy Birthday Smiley!

smiley21

09-18-2007 10:29 AM

I knew about the story, but when I saw the OP, I got very confused. I was thinking, "No, I turned 25 four months ago." :) It is cool that :-) and I were born in the same year.

cutie_cat_4ever

09-18-2007 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Taualumna (Post 1521486)

Happy birthday Smiley!

:):):)

Does anyone know how long :-)'s Asian counter-part, ^_^ has been around?

haha, I normally use this one ^_^ with my asian friends...other people didn't seem to get it from so reason ^^;;; (or like this one)

1908Revelations

09-18-2007 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by smiley21 (Post 1521494)

I knew about the story, but when I saw the OP, I got very confused. I was thinking, "No, I turned 25 four months ago." :) It is cool that :-) and I were born in the same year.

I was thinking about you too!:)

honeychile

09-18-2007 12:34 PM

The CMU people are in :) heaven today!

AlphaFrog

09-18-2007 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever (Post 1521558)

^^;;; (or like this one)

What in the world is that?

SydneyK

09-18-2007 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1521583)

What in the world is that?

I wondered that, too. But I figured I was the only one who was in the dark. And, like a true idiot, I even tried to Google it. :rolleyes:

Taualumna

09-18-2007 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever (Post 1521558)

haha, I normally use this one ^_^ with my asian friends...other people didn't seem to get it from so reason ^^;;; (or like this one)

I didn't get it until maybe 2001 or so (after two and a half years of using some sort of IM)...should I be handing in my Asian card?

Oh, and what does the second one mean?

Unregistered-

09-18-2007 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever (Post 1521558)

haha, I normally use this one ^_^ with my asian friends...other people didn't seem to get it from so reason ^^;;; (or like this one)

Okay I must be a dumbass because I didn't know ^_^ meant Asian. I just thought it meant CAT.

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