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09-18-2007, 10:14 AM
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:-) 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.
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Happy birthday Smiley!
Does anyone know how long :-)'s Asian counter-part, ^_^ has been around?
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09-18-2007, 10:14 AM
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Hahahaha!
Happy Birthday Smiley!
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09-18-2007, 10:29 AM
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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.
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09-18-2007, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Taualumna
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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)
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09-18-2007, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by smiley21
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!
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09-18-2007, 12:34 PM
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09-18-2007, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever
^^;;; (or like this one)
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What in the world is that?
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09-18-2007, 04:36 PM
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What in the world is that?
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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. 
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09-18-2007, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever
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)
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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?
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09-18-2007, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever
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)
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Okay I must be a dumbass because I didn't know ^_^ meant Asian. I just thought it meant CAT.
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