Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by ZeljkoS » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 11:51 AM UTC

Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed
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Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by ZeljkoS » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:02 PM UTC

Interesting thing to note is that before Fahlman suggested ":-)" symbol, Leonard Hamey suggested "{#}" (see 17-Sep-82 17:42 post). After that, someone suggested "\__/" (see 20-Sep-82 17:56 post). But only ":-)" gained popularity.

It is funny to imagine how emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons) would look today if one of alternative symbols was accepted?

Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by f_allwein » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:24 PM UTC

19-Sep-82 11:44, Scott E Fahlman invents the ':-)'.

Nice. :-)

Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by anewhnaccount » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:26 PM UTC

ZeljkoS wrote: post #2

Interesting thing to note is that before Fahlman suggested ":-)" symbol, Leonard Hamey suggested "{#}" (see 17-Sep-82 17:42 post). After that, someone suggested "\__/" (see 20-Sep-82 17:56 post). But only ":-)" gained popularity. It is funny to imagine how emoticons ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons ) would look today if one of alternative symbols was accepted?

I guess they might look a bit like the ones at the bottom under "Eastern".

Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by minivan » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:40 PM UTC

"o>-I'm glad we are past that.

Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by nathancahill » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:41 PM UTC

ZeljkoS wrote: post #2

Interesting thing to note is that before Fahlman suggested ":-)" symbol, Leonard Hamey suggested "{#}" (see 17-Sep-82 17:42 post). After that, someone suggested "\__/" (see 20-Sep-82 17:56 post). But only ":-)" gained popularity. It is funny to imagine how emoticons ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons ) would look today if one of alternative symbols was accepted?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:42 PM UTC

minivan wrote: post #5

"o>- I'm glad we are past that.

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Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by anotheryou » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:43 PM UTC

f_allwein wrote: post #3

19-Sep-82 11:44, Scott E Fahlman invents the ':-)'. Nice. :-)

did you mean that as a joke? or do you really think it's nice? <:-)

Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by anjc » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:47 PM UTC

Wow that's interesting

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Re: Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed

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Post by guessmyname » Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 12:50 PM UTC

Here is a list of popular emoticons: https://textfac.es/