I feel so embarrassed to ask this, but how are you all getting nice neat round colourful smileys and I'm using the old-fashioned :-) ?

TIA,

Deb

try cutting the nose off...

Deb, yes, as Myrtle says, just do the : followed by the ) without the - and there you go.

For a winking one, do ; followed by ) Like this

and a sad one is : followed by ( like so

Katerina x

Oh thanks both of you!

I knew about that way of writing smileys but where I hang out on the net we more usually use noses too, so I didn't think to try noseless!

(I'm practising, btw....)

Deb

I'm so glad you asked that, debac - I could never work it out either!

You may need to keep a shocked one in reserve
: followed by o

Ooh a new one!

Ooh, I never knew about that one either :0

Katerina

Oh, I can't do it. I'll try again


Katerina

i couldn't do it last time, let me try again:

Can I have a go?



Pete

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That was brilliant.

Hi all!

I've been practicing and I still can't do any smileys/frownies/shockies!







Not fair!

Jen

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........... AND speaking of faux pas....

How does one do a blushing face then???!!

Jen
:)
x

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see?? THAT didn't work!

:)

Smileys don't work in added bits, unfortunately (the faux pas one would be specially usefull!)

;o

Emma

Hey

All is now clear!! Thanks you for that!!



Jen
x

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Now I wish we could edit original comments and remove sp mistakes!

p.s. How does one make a laughing face??

Jen
x

If you put extra brackets round a shocked face you get a 'scream'

()

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that's (:o)