November 26th 2007

Smiling At Semantics

Funny how we learn to express ourselves, even in a medium such as the internet. Far from semantically correct (X)HTML markup, emoticons (smilies) are becoming so prevalent in their use, you can even find them included in articles written by well establishes authors and authoritative sites.

Here’s a list of some of them:

smile     :)     :-)     :smile:     biggrin     :D     :-D     :grin:     sad     :(     :-(     :sad:
surprised     :o     :-o     :eek:     eek     8O     8-O     :shock:     confused     :?     :-?     :???:
cool     8)     8-)     :cool:     mad     :x     :-x     :mad:     razz     :P     :-P     :razz:
neutral     :|     :-|     :neutral:     wink     ;)     ;-)     :wink:     lol     :lol:     redface     :oops:
cry     :cry:     evil     :evil:     twisted     :twisted:     rolleyes     :roll:     exclaim     :!:     question     :?:
idea     :idea:     arrow     :arrow:     mrgreen     :mrgreen:

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