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Communication & etiquette |
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Those Funny
Little
e-mail Symbols
by Laura Dawn Lewis |
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Remember the first time
you got one, a little ( :)
) and had no idea what it meant. It was like this
secret language those more e-mail savvy had developed
for the sole purpose of making everyone else feel less
tech inclined and completely clueless.
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How Many
do You Understand?
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PDF Dictionary |
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Was it programming language? Some industry instruction
we were all
suppose to understand?
During 1998, these symbols started showing up more and more in
my business
correspondence and since I consulted for the high tech community, I didn't
dare ask what it meant. As a quasi-techie, I was suppose to know what
they meant, right? For months, the little symbol
drove me crazy. I felt completely out of it. Soon other funny little symbols appeared, which further exasperated me.
Then, one night a friend of mine who was completing her MBA at Pepperdine
University came
over. During the previous night's lecture, her professor had given them an e-mail symbol
cheat sheet and suddenly, my email nemesis tilted to the side and became a smile.
Mystery solved.
A little more research and a few more symbols
became known. Now it's my turn to pass on the key to e-mail hieroglyphics. These are great
little symbols to brighten up any e-mail or Instant Messenger correspondence and can
really soften up a business correspondence with a colleague you are familiar with. There
is a caveat though. Personally, I wouldn't recommend using them with venture
capitalists, government or financial types, unless of course he/she is your spouse
or a familiar associate. My
experience has been that ultra serious people have a hard time with playful correspondence
and tend to see it as immaturity, so use discretion and common sense. With that
said, Here is the key.
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Symbol |
Meaning |
Symbol |
Meaning |
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[!] |
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:-T |
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<:( |
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!?! |
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:)
or :-)
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| Smile -or- Don't take me too seriously |
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:-#
or :-x |
| Censored -or- Not for Publications |
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:'-) |
| So happy it brings me to tears |
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:-& |
| I'm Speechless -or- tongue-tied |
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;)
or ;-)
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:-/ |
| Doubtful -or- Something is fishy here |
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;->
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| Mischievous -or- I'm up to something
you'll like |
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:-(
or :( |
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:-,
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}{ |
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:-D
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:-[ |
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:-O
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[
] |
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8-
I
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(((name))) |
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:-*
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)**(
* |
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:-{}
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)**( |
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:-I
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| I'm irritated -or-
this does not make me happy. |
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(*.*) |
| I'm Dazzled! or I'm
Star Struck |
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:-z
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((
))** or
((**)) |
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;'-(
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8-0 |
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