| Sometimes you
really want to show someone how you feel when you're writing them an
email or chat
message… if only they could see your face! Emoticons are different
symbols you can type on your computer that can tell your friends
that you 're happy, sad, or even crying! Some examples are
smileys :) and frowns :( , ;) winks, 8-)
sunglasses, and |-o yawns.
On the Internet in e-mail,
chatting, and text messaging, an emoticon (sometimes referred to by
the name of the original emoticon, the smiley) is a short sequence
of keyboard letters and symbols, usually emulating a facial
expression, expressing a feeling that supplements the message. Mike
Jones, who works in the systems and networking research group at
Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, has determined that
the first smiley was posted on September 19, 1982. |
