Questions

[c9]

Q. Is :-) the new "dotting your I's with a heart?" Or is :-) perfectly normal, and :o) is in fact the new "dotting your I's with a heart?"

Q. Do you think >>:-1 looks like a Klingon?

Comments

[nihilicious.livejournal.com]

I cannot tell you how many times I have fretted over how to to close parenthetical statements containing smily faces.

Wait, yes I can. Approximately 23.

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

If the smiley is intended to convey the fact that, if speaking aloud, the speaker would be smiling while making the statement it’s easy - "(...blah blah :o).)". But if the smiley is intended to convey the fact that, if speaking aloud, the speaker would post-fix the statement with a smile I think you’re left with the syntactically correct, but visually displeasing “(...blah blah. :o))”.