I have realised that offlate my responses for most things are the standard "lol" or if the matter is thought provoking its the "hmmmm".
Its really getting to me and probably more so to the people who get these responses from me. "LOL" seems to be my favourite and most used usage. The problem is that in most cases I am not actually laughing out loud. I have a smile on my face (SOMF) or laughing from within (LFW) or sometimes its just to give some sort of acknowledgement or answer (AA - Acknowledged/Answered).
The emoticon representation:
These can mean many different things. Really depends on the context they are used and most of the times you really need to read between the characters.
:) - content, "hmmm keep telling yourself that", "i agree", "i wld say something, but it wld be controversial", happy etc etc.
;) - "did you get the joke?", "aren't i funny", sarcasm, just kidding, teasing, double meaning etc etc .
:D - ecstatic, "yay", "yipee", "woohoo", "this is exactly what i wanted", over the moon, excited etc etc.
:P - sarcasm, "yeah right", "i told you so", "how rude (in a joking way)", "jokes on you" etc etc.
So there you have it my new vocab. It will surely take time getting used to and wont be as effective as "LOL" but definitely it will be different! :D Trial starts now! As for the hmmmm... It can stay somethings are just meant to be hmmmm'ed!
8 comments:
deciphering emoticons! Nice attempt. A few things though, if I'd cross ref ur work, sarcasm seems to appear in two cases..probably u should've added the contexts as well! ;) (Just kiddin ref)..
and about the 'LOL'.. you're way better if you just used them in the IMs..there seem to be ppl who say that, out loud! (now which smiley do i use here?)
first time here, hope to read more posts.
Cheers.
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
Thx for dropping by! :-) Yeah I should've probably explained that properly. Ok well here's the thing, they can actually mean the same thing. To know the subtle difference ;-) Cld just mean joking or do you catch my point. :P means definitely pulling ur leg or joking and more a way of laughing at the person! Hope tht clarifies your doubts! ;-)(This means hmmmm LFW tht we're seriously discussing emoticons!)
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