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Old 07-24-2004, 06:31 PM   #21
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you know i do it just to annoy you.
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Old 07-24-2004, 06:31 PM   #22
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uh ?
The Mayan script was a pictoglyph one, yes ?
The Chinese script being ideographic; the Latin script we use here was originally derived from Phonecian or Greek pictoglyphs, no ? The letter "A" representing a bull's head, etc..

IOW, smilies predated and accompanied writing scripts.

Every smiley used is a tribute to the origins of writing !
Still, most languages today are are alphabetic. People write with words, not pictures.
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Still, most languages today are are alphabetic. People write with words, not pictures.
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I find it a little ironic that Howard uses a smilie to support Oxidizing Material.

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He he he he

Replying with the maximum allowed. Just to irritate a little more.
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Normal people, that is.
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How many times do we need to see the banghead smilie? Shouldn't your words convey your ideas?
As long as closed minded people keep giving us reasons to bang our heads. :banghead:

Smilies are symbols, just like letters, or more specifically idiograms. I only use smilies when they add to the meaning of my posts, never as a replacement for words that I would do better saying and never as a non sequitur! In the realm of irony, all is fair game though.
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I'll böser mod you! *gets out the jackboots*
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I came across a "shit hitting the fan" smiley yesterday (now if only I could remember in which thread) - I want one.
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