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Anime Panda

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:56 pm


Do you think that email faces like ^-^, -_-", T-T, smile , sad , wink , etc. count as "txt talk"?
PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:40 pm


I don't think they do...I use them a lot (especially 'XD'). They're faces. They aren't 'abbreviations' for words. It's like...if you're mad, you don't always want to tell how you feel. You would want to show them.

Wait. Am I making sense @_@? (Tee hee. I used a face.)

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:25 am


I don't think they should, either. smile
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:27 am


Personally, I use them quite a lot. XD
No saracsm here.

MadnessFreak


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:31 pm


I love using the facing! Half the people I chat with though don't know what they mean but I love to use them! Especially these: >.>; ^_^ o.o o.O; Those are my favorite ones smile !
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:38 pm


I find they're very useful for conveying what I really mean. Sarcasm is much easier to detect when someone adds an ' xd ' on the end. Even substituting smiles for words is ok sometimes: how many times have you when speaking not finished your sentence and made a silly face instead?

But there is one time it counts as PAIN for the eyes. When someone does this, for example:

biggrin smile redface crying stare scream gonk blaugh 3nodding stressed sweatdrop heart heart heart domokun domokun mrgreen mrgreen dramallama dramallama cheese_whine cheese_whine ninja ninja rofl

Things like that just make me want to burning_eyes .

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:10 pm


Quite. I prefer the more 'subtle' brand of sarcasm (unless using it for humourous effect), but I find that adding a letter emote at the end of a paragraph sums it up, and keeps my point from total obscurity. I even find myself doodling faces in the margins as I move down my paragraphs at school.
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:26 pm


I think smilies are fine as long as they're not used excessively.
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SonarP

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:36 pm


YES! I'm glad I see other people who like to KISS it.

Hurrah for smileys!

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:30 am


I love smileys! They're not a form of txt tlk exactly, since they're not really abbreviations for anything, just a way to convey emotions. blaugh

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:39 am


As long as there's no emoticon raping, why not? At least they're easily understandable.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:22 pm


Emoticons are used to express emotions. "txt tlk" is just a lazy way of spelling things- emoticons are not "txt tlk".

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:59 pm


Yami no Hitokiri
I think smilies are fine as long as they're not used excessively.

Ditto.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:41 pm


I don't think they're a form of text talk.. but they shouldn't be used too much.. sweatdrop

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:55 am


OHGODNO! I love those things!

O.o - is my favorite.

I probably over use XD, but it's still awesome. I have xd set in for my MSN XD

About the person who said they sometimes substitue words.

ALL THE TIME!

A well placed xd can substitute a whole sentance.
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