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(DIR) Post #AYey86ljV5BFSADTVI by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-08-12T16:16:17Z
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Do you interpret the smiley emoticon and the smily emoji the same way when you see them at the end of a sentence in an email message? Example:See you soon. :)See you soon. 🙂 I'd love to hear your thoughts!
(DIR) Post #AYeyJ5Soh1ggahbU48 by SergKoren@writing.exchange
2023-08-12T16:18:15Z
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@grammargirl The only true emoji are the text emoji. All the others are just Unicode marketing.~
(DIR) Post #AYeyRIhzKjGJz9cHse by SergKoren@writing.exchange
2023-08-12T16:19:41Z
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@grammargirl And the proper “smiley” is :-). I believe, I was the first one to introduce the nose on Compuserve. That and ROTFL Up until then, there was no ‘T’. Mr. or otherwise. ;-)
(DIR) Post #AYeyazWPWY6ZNHp1m4 by jonathankoren@sfba.social
2023-08-12T16:21:33Z
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@grammargirl I don’t think anyone can honestly keep semantic difference anymore since autocorrect will sometimes turn the smiley into an emoji ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(DIR) Post #AYezGohO9abLyDtuNs by peterdrake@qoto.org
2023-08-12T16:29:07Z
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@grammargirl They have the same meaning, but it tells you about the age of the writer.
(DIR) Post #AYezTDwY7YefjvuNHM by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T16:31:20Z
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@grammargirl I think of the text smiley as more cheerful and the emoji smiley as more mellow.
(DIR) Post #AYf0FEHi9fryhMhIR6 by kagan@wandering.shop
2023-08-12T16:39:59Z
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@grammargirl I interpret their meaning the same, but I make different assumptions about how old the person is.
(DIR) Post #AYf0MDURVYKoGEz4tc by robini71@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T16:41:13Z
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@grammargirl Speaking strictly for myself and no one else coming from the perspective of using #ScreenReaders for the #Blind the latter communicates much more to me. The former literally verbalizes as "colon right paren." I know what it indicates but the latter conveys more.
(DIR) Post #AYf0sZMfiK35N2mCHo by writerethink@wandering.shop
2023-08-12T16:46:56Z
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@grammargirl slight preference for :), but I think they both look weird following a period! (I guess for me, smiley is a replacement for end-of-sentence punctuation.)
(DIR) Post #AYf2BjmtHmwp9XkBlo by zillion@freeradical.zone
2023-08-12T17:01:46Z
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@grammargirl Same, but I wince a bit because I see the first one as ungrammatical: :-) .
(DIR) Post #AYf4t0cAnZdphZUZQ8 by grrlpup@zirk.us
2023-08-12T17:31:55Z
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@grammargirl that emoji is the mildest end of the emoji smile/laugh spectrum, so I interpret it as less enthusiastic than :) which is all smiles up to the laughing :D☺️ and :) seem pretty equal to me.
(DIR) Post #AYf5vaHjFSOWreimRs by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:43:39Z
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@grammargirl I’ve become really sensitive to #emoji after being involved in proposing one ❤️🔥🪗So the subtle controversies about the meaning of the different smiles make me second-guess every time I see one nowSo I would probably think 🙂 was just a :-)But then recall the article about Gen Z interpreting their boss’s smileys as critical of their work:https://wapo.st/3DRHgvRIt’s almost a rule that emoji usage changes meaning in weird and unpredictable waysAsk @emojipedia for numbers
(DIR) Post #AYf6QGJFZBkLtA3qsq by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-08-12T17:49:13Z
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@robini71 I didn't know they are communicated differently through screen readers that way. How interesting. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #AYf6b67RnJb1T9hume by robini71@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:51:11Z
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@grammargirl But wait there's more.
(DIR) Post #AYf6ly2o9mMdbwij7w by robini71@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:53:07Z
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@grammargirl There doesn't seem to be any standardization so for instance it can vary based on which screen reader you're using or which device you're on. For example this emoji 😊 verbalizes in my Windows machine as "smiling face with smiling eyes." But on my iPhone using its Voiceover it's "beaming face with smiling eyes."
(DIR) Post #AYf6qSmpncMc7COPSq by robini71@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:53:56Z
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@grammargirl And then having never seen any faces at all neither your own or anyone else's you have to figure out what all of that communicates or is intending to communicate.
(DIR) Post #AYf6yTODRQyoIlhGam by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-08-12T17:55:25Z
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@robini71 I love it!
(DIR) Post #AYf76i5mf2raDa0GJ6 by robini71@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:56:56Z
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@grammargirl And wait I just looked and now the iPhone has changed it again and made me a liar. Now it's verbalizing 😊 as "smiling face with smiling eyes and rosy cheeks."
(DIR) Post #AYf77IPtbkLEsNgpea by robini71@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:57:02Z
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@grammargirl #Oy!
(DIR) Post #AYfM0WmjHrc2iwbJ9E by acm_redfox@jawns.club
2023-08-12T20:43:49Z
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@grammargirl That yellow smilie looks a little half-hearted to me. I'm frustrated that my kid thinks that this one -- 😀 -- is some kind of big goofy grin, but I'm just suspicious of that smile that doesn't reach the eyes. I know it *means* the same as :), but it's less smile. And then what about :^) ??
(DIR) Post #AYgw1beSTBU7cBVOnA by statesdj@genomic.social
2023-08-13T15:02:07Z
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@grammargirl I vote for a Grammar Girl episode on how to handle emojis. Some of use the like punctuation marks, but they can also be pictograph substitute nouns, eg 🏄🏻 or 🦠, or adjectives 😊☹️. When is their use appropriate? And when not?
(DIR) Post #AYh58NdnrGr5mCVJD6 by Nak@infosec.exchange
2023-08-13T16:44:09Z
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@grammargirl as an Xer I voted same but talking to one of my kinds (born mid 90s) he insists they are different.