Who would
think that a simple combination of characters would be able to convey so much
meaning, oftentimes causing you to smile or chuckle and generally cheer you up?
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| Binette typographique à l'origine du smiley |
Emoticons,
those little icons and sometimes a combination of several keyboard characters
that create representative images, usually employed to convey a feeling or an
emotion.
Thirty
years ago, a researcher at the Carnegie Mellon Institute University, Scott
Fehlman, proposed the use of two basic emoticons, a happy :-) and a sad :-(
face. He never believed that these two small things would become so big and
start a trend that continues to be developed and created up to this day. So to
Scott Fehlman and his two little emoticons, three cheers for a Happy Birthday!
Let us then
take a tour of the story behind emoticons, their uses and usefulness in today’s
digital-centric life.
Emoticons Help Clarify Language
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| Mooning SkypeEmoticons |
