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tastymorsel | 15:27 Tue 16th Nov 2010 | ChatterBank

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Don't know if this is the correct topic to post this in,but can anyone tell me what the name for these funny little pictures made up of symbols is? (example above).I would love to google them for a project.Thanks in advance

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squarebear

emoticons

milly143

I think they are called emoticons.

MarkRae

I don't recall their ever having a specific name as such - I've always referred to them (and heard them referred to) as ASCII art:
http://mytechquest.co...ith-ascii-characters/

What they definitely aren't, though, is emoticons as they are specifically facial expressions used to convey the mood of the writer...

NazNomad

Not really.

:-)
;-)
:0)
are emoticons, as they represent en 'emoti'on.

\m/ Ô¿Ô \m/ is more like ascii art, albeit very basic.

squarebear

ASCII art is usually more complicated than a smiley face.

NazNomad

"... like ascii art, albeit very basic. "

squarebear

An emoticon is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood. The symbol givebn as an example is a face and therefore an emoticon.

MarkRae

What emotion does Ô¿Ô convey, then?

NazNomad

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

squarebear

It doesn't. Neither does d(^_^)b but is still an emoticon.

An emoticon is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters.