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From: gratien@acsu.buffalo.edu (MJ)
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Subject: Talk: New emoticon?
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Date: 10 Aug 1994 20:21:53 -0500
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In article <328v11$dfd@gagme.wwa.com>,
MegaZone <megazone@obsidian.WPI.EDU> wrote:
>
>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.

Well, I happen to like it - I think it is very creative, and *I* could tell
what it was before I was told it was a heart.  I guess you just need a lot
of imagination in the first place, I dunno.  I think it's cute.


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