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FastCompany: He Seconds That Emotion - http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/04/emoticon.html
Article about Scott Fahlman and emoticon use. Fahlman is the originator of the "emotional icon," or "emoticon". |
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Fast Company: Wipe That Smile off Your Face - http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/04/emoticon_sidebar.html
Linguist, Naomi Baron, predicts that abbreviations will replace emoticons and that electronic communication will grow increasingly cryptic as groups develop their own secret codes. |
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ChatMag: Smileys - http://www.chatmag.com/help/smiley.html
A selection of smileys used in IRC and Internet chat rooms. |
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Learn the Net: Smileys - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/25smile.htm
You can personalize your written messages by using smileys or emoticons. You create smileys by typing characters from your keyboard. |
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Webopedia - emoticon - http://webopedia.com/TERM/e/emoticon.html
This page describes the term emoticon and lists other pages on the web where you can find additional information. |