I sense a growing consensus. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Keep it simple: > > I'm happy == :-) > I'm grinning == ;-) > My emotional state is hard to read but not happy == :-\ > I'm sad == :-( > I'm goofing around or being a prat == ]'-) > Nyaa nyaah! == :-b > omigod == =8^0 > Piss off == <Bill Robb> > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello there, PDML. >> >> As Cotty recently teased/mocked me and as Larry pointed out off-list, I am >> using things like /grin/, /smile/, /evil wink/ etc. I'd like to take a step >> back and have a bit of discussion thereof. >> >> You see, I find it useful and important to be able to attach some minimal >> emotional context or extra-textual context to my messages. Smileys (such as >> :-), ;-), 8-), etc) don't cut it IMO, as they are cryptic and even not >> always interpreted in the same way by different people. >> >> OTOH, if I were to describe my emotional state directly in plain words, that >> would be easier to read. In order to mark apart the actual text and the >> extra-textual context, I use slashes. Why slashes? Because in Thunderbird >> (and I thought it was standard, whereas I am probably wrong) the following >> applies: _underline_, *bold*, /italics/. Since _underline_ is for links and >> *bold* is for emphasis thus what remains is /italics/ for emotions. >> >> Now, question is - am I being abusive in this or is this whole idea wrong >> from the start? Surely I can stop using any extra-textual mark up >> whatsoever, but then I am afraid, the likelihood of being misunderstood or >> misunderstanding the other person on my own will be greater. >> >> Have your say. You can be brutal and honest or you can even do it off the >> list. >> >> Boris >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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