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Classroom Activities:
Word Funs for
English Classrooms:
Smileys (or Smilies)
Smileys are a strange and fun Internet phenomenon, more
correctly known as emoticons, which have the purpose of
conveying emotion. They are used particularly in online chat
rooms and in e-mails.
There
are no strict rules for composing smileys, and so numerous
varieties have been invented and are in use. The principle
is to create a face (viewed by tipping the head to the side)
using standard keyboard characters and punctuation.
A
typical smiley would be constructed from a colon or equals
sign for eyes, a hyphen or "O" as a nose, and a bracket
forming the mouth. Examples of different happy smileys are
shown below:
:-) : ) :o) =O)
Not
all smileys are smiley, though; here are some sad ones:
:-( :( :0( =o(
Here
is a selection of other smileys with their meanings:
:o) happy
:o# lips are sealed
:o( sad
>:o| frowning
;o) winking
:o| hmm
|oO
yawning
:o9 licking lips
: * kiss
Xo) cross eyed
:oP
sticking tongue out
(:o) bald
:~( crying
:o)> has a beard
:oD
laughing
:o)' drooling
(o: left handed
8o) wearing glasses
C|:o) wearing a bowler hat
[:o) wearing headphones
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