Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

#1

Post by koppo » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 6:53 AM UTC

:) or :). The latter seems to destroy the emotion of the emoticon.

Re: Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

#2

Post by plesner » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 7:09 AM UTC

Also relevant: can an emoticon count as a close paren? (wink :-) or (wink :-)).

Re: Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

#3

Post by jehna1 » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 9:10 AM UTC

Before. :)

(but if you use parens, make sure to add a last word ;) right?)

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#4

Post by Casseres » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 9:19 AM UTC

Use it instead of punctuation :-) Then start the new sentence like this with a capitalized letter.

I still haven't figured out how to use it inside of parenthesis, so I try to avoid doing so.

Re: Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

#5

Post by lake99 » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 9:19 AM UTC

You have http://english.stackexchange.com/ for questions such as this. Search for "emoticon" there.

Re: Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

#6

Post by koppo » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 12:21 PM UTC

thanks guys/gals :)

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#7

Post by koppo » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 12:23 PM UTC

plesner wrote: post #2

Also relevant: can an emoticon count as a close paren? (wink :-) or (wink :-)).

yep, this is another pain point. (thanks for asking :()

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#8

Post by pestaa » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 12:26 PM UTC

koppo wrote: post #7

plesner wrote: post #2

Also relevant: can an emoticon count as a close paren? (wink :-) or (wink :-)).

yep, this is another pain point. (thanks for asking :()

That's a valid monkey mouth, but make sure to close your parens!

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#9

Post by koppo » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 1:38 PM UTC

pestaa wrote: post #8

koppo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yep, this is another pain point. (thanks for asking :()

That's a valid monkey mouth, but make sure to close your parens!

omg! i closed the parens and it turned out to be a monkey mouth >:-(