Chuck Shirley wrote: > On Tuesday 12 February 2002 00:26, David Walser wrote: > >>I'd like to know why they force improper noses. >>Nobody I know outside of AOL users use a hyphen for >>the nose. Where I grew up :o) it was a lower-case 'o' >> > > FWIW: In my neck of the woods, we used the caret "^" as in :^), > or a "*" if the smiley was intoxicated: :*) or %*) (reallly drunk!) > >
This is funny, because if I did use a nose, it would be "-" as opposed to "o" or "*", but I'm sure we can reach common ground by saying, leave the coses out entirely. It looks bad (IMO), and it is unnecessary (saves typing). -- Sincerely, David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>