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I was reading on AOL about how people hate emoticons. You know what I'm talking about, the :-) the >:-( the :-| and the 0:-). Here is what the writer suggests instead of using a :-)
"Picture if you will a colon: one tiny, perfect dot poised above its brother. Now imagine that colon transformed into a pair of eyes, bright and sparkling with mischief. From between those dots extends a hyphen. Yet screw up your eyes and…do you see it? A nose! Yes, a nose! Patrician in its straightness it dips toward the generous curve of a closing parenthesis. That parenthesis is a mouth, corners up-tilted in mirth. Viewed in sum, these marks compose a face whose expression of gentle amusement suggests good humor"
I thought it was kinda funny. I really dont care about them either way; however, I do think that they shouldn't be used in official business communication. I've seen it before, and I think it is very unprofessional.
"Picture if you will a colon: one tiny, perfect dot poised above its brother. Now imagine that colon transformed into a pair of eyes, bright and sparkling with mischief. From between those dots extends a hyphen. Yet screw up your eyes and…do you see it? A nose! Yes, a nose! Patrician in its straightness it dips toward the generous curve of a closing parenthesis. That parenthesis is a mouth, corners up-tilted in mirth. Viewed in sum, these marks compose a face whose expression of gentle amusement suggests good humor"
I thought it was kinda funny. I really dont care about them either way; however, I do think that they shouldn't be used in official business communication. I've seen it before, and I think it is very unprofessional.