I didn't know that anglophone uses the face mark for email.
Recently, I read the English site for my practice.
I noticed that they often use "D" words in this site.
First, I didn't care about it, but I understood what they mean.
I gradually understand that they are expressing their opinions by them.
This time, I searched their meanings in internet.
They are face marks.
We usually use face marks, but their face marks are different from ours.
Turning them clockwise, we can understand their meanings.
:-) classic smile with nose
:'-) happy crying
:-( classic sad with nose
-O yawn :) smile without nose
:-D laughter
>:) evil grin
%-( confused
:-E buck-tooth
B-) Batman / smiley with glasses
:-# with braces
:-@ scream
:( sad without nose
:@ what??? (seriously?)
:-< super sad
:-0 yell, surprised
;-) winking smile with nose
:*) drunk smile
;) winking smile without nose
(:-D gossip, blabbermouth
`:-) one eyebrow raised
8) Cool
:P tongue sticking out (silly)
:-& tongue tied
O:-) I'm an angel (boy)
O*-) I'm an angel (girl)
- -p or
- p Smile with tongue out
- -S or
- S Confused Smile
=] or =) or :^) or :D Smile or happy
D: Frown or Sad
xP or XP Straining, disgust, bad joke, dead, dead from laughing, silliness
xD or XD Laughing hard (often taken as Cartman from the television show South Park)
X8 laughing hard while covering mouth with hands
- / or
- \ or =/ or =\ Skepticism, annoyance, uneasiness, or a slight frown; dissatisfaction,
:| Indecision, deadpan, a solemn look, a lack of response, or indifference; shock -
also often used with a contrasting statement to convey biting sarcasm;) or ;] Wink
BD or 8D Laughing while wearing cool glasses, comedian
8:)] Crazy Frog
(:
:) grinning from ear to ear; speaking a message to someone else. (:3= I Am the Walrus
B) Wearing cool glasses (often sunglasses). Indicates pride in something
8| Wearing nerdy glasses. Indicates dislike/"uncoolness" in something
:$ Put your money where your mouth is
=X or :X sealed lips; used to convey "I shouldn't have said that"
or sometimes shocked silence:* or ;* kissing
:** or ;** Returning a kiss
- '( or
- _( or :*( or :…( or ;_; or =,[ or :,[ Shedding a tear
>:O Angry/Yelling
>:( or >:[ Angry/Grumpy
>:E Anger or hatred, baring teeth
>:) or >:] Evil smile
0:) or O:] Halo over the head, an angel, innocence
D: Dismay (read right to left) (Sometimes referred to as "oh noes")
:3 A kitten face - being cute.
x3 Combination of xD and :3, sometimes used with "Yay!"
=3 A variation of :3, with long, vertical eyes instead<3 A "heart" as in "I <3 U"
- {] ,
- {[ , ;{] , etc. I have moustache.
\o/ or /o\ A person with raised hands, first one is representing cheer,
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happyness or shout; the second emoticon is covering its head, as in fear,
lostness or depression
When I was young, there were not face marks.
So, I haven't be able to imagine that they are face marks.
Japanese usually express their feelings by "eye" of face mark.
On the other hand, Anglophone do that by "mouth" of face marks.
So curious.
