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From: megazone@obsidian.WPI.EDU (MegaZone)
Newsgroups: alt.sex,rec.arts.ascii,alt.sex.motss,alt.irc
Subject: Talk: New emoticon?
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Date: 9 Aug 1994 17:12:49 -0500
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chris@fwi.uva.nl (chris verhoef) shaped the electrons to say:
>Has anybody seen this emoticon <3 being a heart and standing universally
>for _love_ b4?  I've asked David W. Sanderson first, since he compiles the

Well, sorry, but I really don't like it.  I had no idea what it was until
you said 'heart'.  I doesn't look like a heart to me unless I use a LOT
of imagination.  I'll stick with the standard four glyphs... LOVE.

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