Hi Doug, thanks for the swift reply,I have turned emoticons off in the options menu, don't know if this will help but I guess I'll see! Thankyou!
Alistair ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: "screen access software with skype" <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] strange punctuation in chats > If you mean things like :) :-) ;-) :-D etc., those are emoticons, or > simulations of faces, also called smilies. ;;* is not one I recognize > though. > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:25:36PM -0000, Ali wrote: > Hi Folks, I've noticed that in some text chats with sighted users some > punctuation appears in the dialogue /edit box, e.g. ";;* " what does this > mean? can I interpret this? can I turn this off? I'm fairly new to Skype > so this is perplexing, especially if the sighted person is expecting a > response. Any suggestions! > > Alistair > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "There are no guarantees. From a standpoint of fear, none are > strong enough. From a standpoint of love, none are necessary." > - from Emmanuel's Book II > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1915 - Release Date: > 25/01/2009 18:13 > >
