I have never used a smiley, and never will - although I do have an issue with the number between 7) and 9) in lists.
I abhor text-speak, and leet-speak - I use commas, apostrophes and full-stops in text messages.
My kids would pass out if I ever wrote "2" when I meant to or too.
-- although I enjoy poking fun at text-speak, leet-speak and (most of all) Americanisms whenever I come across them.
I admit to being tempted to change to the opposite as a grandparent, just to psych the young 'uns.
I admit to being tempted to change to the opposite as a grandparent, just to psych the young 'uns.
I started using smileys excessively when I started posting on forums.
Originally I did it so people who didn't know me would know when I was
joking around or wasn't being serious. It seemed like many times
people would misunderstand what I was saying without a smiley, and
I didn't want to make enemies over some stupid misunderstanding.
There's something very entertaining thinking of you doing this.
Grandchild texts, "Pop Pop, what are we going to do today?"
Grand-dad Christ texts, "OMG IDK LOL!"
This is EXACTLY why I use them. I can even remember Brick not realizing I was kidding on certain posts and him commenting that I might try smilies.
Hilarious image......Thanks Frank, that was a good laugh.
Yeah, often with the omission of smileys, people tend to take everything as serious and a personal offense...:D
Yup.
... but equally obscenity, racism, etc. doesn't become funny because of the smiley. I have lost count of the number of people that have said something ridiculously offensive with a "grin" at the end, and then have gotten all bent out of shape when people took offence.
I take the risk. If you need to envisage a smiley in my text, or a sarcasm tag, feel free to imagine their existence.
(but if you imagine a sarcasm tag, please don't forget to imagine the /sarcasm tag as well - I got stuck like that for months, once)
/me imagines it right now
Yeah, often with the omission of smileys, people tend to take everything as serious and a personal offense...:D
A little part of me died today.
I just got an email from my mom. In said email, she used the acronym "LOL".
This is the first time she has used this (or any emotive acronym) in an email to me.
She just recently started to use text messaging on her cell phone.
Before, her emails were the picture of grammatical perfection :'(
inorite? lol.
As in "Sorry to hear that your husband died. LOL - Grandma."
I think t just stroked out! :o :o :o