Talk: New emoticon?

hi all,

Some time ago i had the extreme urge to tell someone on the net that
i really liked her.  As u might understand my type mode was getting
stuck due to severe emotions.  Before i knew it i typed "i<3u" right
from the <3 i suppose.  Unfortunately, the message was interpreted as
a mathematical inequality :`(.

I saw fun, sarcasm, flame and all expressed in emoticons.  But love.
Has anybody seen this emoticon <3 being a heart and standing universally
for _love_ b4?  I've asked David W. Sanderson first, since he compiles the
Noah Webster of smileys but he had <3 not in his collection.  David had
never seen it; but he appended it 2 his collection.  Have u seen it?
Do u like it, or betta, do u <3 it?  Please feel free 2 use <3 and let
me know if u've seen <3 b4.

  --chris                             

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guilty about reading news.    

In article <325ser$pg...@gagme.wwa.com>, chr...@fwi.uva.nl (chris verhoef)
writes of his discovery of <3 as a new emoticon for "heart"/"love".

No, Chris, I hadn't seen this one before, and it sure is a cute one. 
However, most emoticons read top to the left, which leaves this heart in a
potentially sad position.  And E> doesn't really cut it, either. :(   We
could use 8> although when I see that one, I'm reminded of Big Bird for
some reason. ;)


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chr...@fwi.uva.nl (chris verhoef) writes:
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: hi all,
: 
: Some time ago i had the extreme urge to tell someone on the net that
: i really liked her.  As u might understand my type mode was getting
: stuck due to severe emotions.  Before i knew it i typed "i<3u" right
: from the <3 i suppose.  Unfortunately, the message was interpreted as
: a mathematical inequality :`(.

What's wrong with typing "I like you"?

-Oz
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chr...@fwi.uva.nl (chris verhoef) shaped the electrons to say:
>Has anybody seen this emoticon <3 being a heart and standing universally
>for _love_ b4?  I've asked David W. Sanderson first, since he compiles the

Well, sorry, but I really don't like it.  I had no idea what it was until
you said 'heart'.  I doesn't look like a heart to me unless I use a LOT
of imagination.  I'll stick with the standard four glyphs... LOVE.

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Varian (var...@aol.com) wrote:

: In article <325ser$pg...@gagme.wwa.com>, chr...@fwi.uva.nl (chris verhoef)
: writes of his discovery of <3 as a new emoticon for "heart"/"love".

: No, Chris, I hadn't seen this one before, and it sure is a cute one. 
: However, most emoticons read top to the left, which leaves this heart in a
: potentially sad position.  And E> doesn't really cut it, either. :(   We
: could use 8> although when I see that one, I'm reminded of Big Bird for
: some reason. ;)

I dunno - looks less like Big Bird and more like the start of a 3-line 
nude to me....
               /\  /\
                @8>__
               _/ 

(on the side that is.  Oh, nevermind :-)
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In article <328v11$df...@gagme.wwa.com>,
MegaZone <meg...@obsidian.WPI.EDU> wrote:
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>chr...@fwi.uva.nl (chris verhoef) shaped the electrons to say:
>>Has anybody seen this emoticon <3 being a heart and standing universally
>>for _love_ b4?  I've asked David W. Sanderson first, since he compiles the
>
>Well, sorry, but I really don't like it.  I had no idea what it was until
>you said 'heart'.  I doesn't look like a heart to me unless I use a LOT
>of imagination.  I'll stick with the standard four glyphs... LOVE.

Well, I happen to like it - I think it is very creative, and *I* could tell
what it was before I was told it was a heart.  I guess you just need a lot
of imagination in the first place, I dunno.  I think it's cute.


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gra...@acsu.buffalo.edu (MJ) & /dev/emoticonizer write:
>Well, I happen to <3 it - I think it is very creative, and *I* could tell
>what it was before I was told it was a <3.  I guess you just need a lot
>of imagination in the first place, I dunno.  I think it's <3ly.

i think dis is not a question of beauty but a question of ecomomic usage
of lingo:  4 me its now possible to express some feelin with just two
characters but if no 1 is gonna use it im on a linguistic island...

  --chris

Consistency is the last refuge of an uncreative person.

In article <32dlcc$gp...@gagme.wwa.com>, chris verhoef <chr...@fwi.uva.nl> wrote:
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>gra...@acsu.buffalo.edu (MJ) & /dev/emoticonizer write:
>>Well, I happen to <3 it - I think it is very creative, and *I* could tell
>>what it was before I was told it was a <3.  I guess you just need a lot
>>of imagination in the first place, I dunno.  I think it's <3ly.
>
>i think dis is not a question of beauty but a question of ecomomic usage
>of lingo:  4 me its now possible to express some feelin with just two
>characters but if no 1 is gonna use it im on a linguistic island...

Only one problem there, Chris.  If you are going to put in there that 
*MJ wrote* something, make sure it was what MJ WROTE.  I like the heart, I
use it myself, some people recognize it some don't, but I don't write the
lazy way, so please don't change something that I said, and still say I
said it.  Thanks.

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