Need for the :\ smiley.

[Provost Harrison]

I think it is high time we had one of these on apolyton. The nearest equivalent is the but I don't think it is suitable, and is too extreme. So Stefu, I commission thee to develop a smiley, and Markos or Dan, do the business of implementing it. I administrate CGN now so don't tell me it is too much work, because that is bollocks

[Immortal Wombat]

Is it :\ or :/ ? And does :s convey the same meaning?

[Provost Harrison]

:s That is crap. We need a proper smiley. And :\ or :/ or :|, it doesn't matter, we just have to define one of those to use...I don't mind...

[General Ludd]

How about this?



I couldn't really decide what the appropriate expression should be, though.

[Zopperoni]

Let me give it a go...

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
:s That is crap. We need a proper smiley.

Yeah, I agree, but would a :S smilie be the same? What do they all mean?

Wouldn't :| be like the version on FFZ?

[Locutus]

The way I learned it, :| is 'indifferent'/'undecided' while :s indicates something is 'incoherent' (similar to , I suppose). However, I know there can be cultural differences in the meaning of smilies...

Edit: :/ often indicates sceptisism BTW.

[Zopperoni]

I was always under the impression that ":/" meant something like "Oh well"

[Buck Birdseed]

I would have thought covers it pretty well. Perhaps not quite the level of surprised as mixed with pity as mixed with disgust, though.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
I was always under the impression that ":/" meant something like "Oh well"

That's always been what I thought it meant, like 'dammit' or 'bugger'

[Dauphin]

Oh for the days when Poly had not picture smilies and reliance on simple punctuation or verbal expression was absolute.

[Provost Harrison]

You forgot the ' ' on that post there SD.

[August Borms]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
Let me give it a go...

Uh, that reminds me of an Ugandase child-soldier I saw on TV
( his chin was shot off :eeew: )

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Assur
Uh, that reminds me of an Ugandase child-soldier I saw on TV
( his chin was shot off :eeew: )

Thank you...<img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~klim/Smilies/icon_ohwell.gif">

[Paul Hanson]

Why not learn to do it with words? That way, you could learn to become articulate at the same time.