:) ;) What do these symbols mean, I see them a lot

Question

What do these symbols mean, I see them a lot. or

Answer 1

If you will look again at the heading of your question and the detail of your question, the answer is actually there. In SpanishDict, the combination of the colon ":" and the close parenthesis ")" symbols are automatically converted to the smiley face you see. Sometimes a hyphen "-" is added to indicate a nose, which then gives you another type of smiley.

You may want to follow this link - emoticons - for more explanations.

Answer 2

If you will look again at the heading of your question and the detail of your question, the answer is actually there. In SpanishDict, the combination of the colon ":" and the close parenthesis ")" symbols are automatically converted to the smiley face you see. From my experience though, it seems that the conversion only happens the first time you use it. As illustrated here: - when you repeat the combination of the symbols, they just remain as keyboard symbols. Sometimes a hyphen "-" is added to indicate a nose - , which then gives you another type of smiley.

You may want to follow this link - emoticons - for more explanations.

Oops, sorry about the thing about repetiting the symbols. Apparently only when you are typing in the Answer frame do they not get converted to smiley faces. - Rikko, ABR 15, 2010

Please ignore my third sentence as I just discovered that it's not correct. Sorry. - Rikko, ABR 15, 2010

I just submitted another answer deleting the 3rd sentence. - Rikko, ABR 15, 2010

Answer 3

two dots and a right parenthesis is a smiley face (sideways)

a semicolon and a right parenthesis is a winking smiley face (sideways)

:-p is a smiley face sticking his tongue out

Answer 4

I'm not really sure how to answer this....

What do you see? I see a "smile" and a "winking smile"...

Edit: after the explanations provided by the other members, does it makes sense that typing a sequence like" : - ) " generates a little face image when you post?

It is just the text- editing program of the Forum translating the abstract concept into more graphical symbols..

Good answer! :) - chicasabrosa, ABR 15, 2010

Answer 5

Emoticons are substitutes for facial expressions and tone of voice. Whatever you may derive from either a smile or a friendly wink in the context of the message.

Answer 6

Maria, you have to type the symbol without spaces

; ) ------this one without spaces becomes:

By the way, I offer corrections using in comments these symbols (no spaces!!)

) -------correct

; ) ----------grammar or spelling mistake

• S -------wrong answer

( -------cannot be corrected, too many mistakes (like on word of the day or picture of the day)

Answer 7

: - ) doesn't look like this one worked

:-p doesn't look like this one worked either, am I missing something?

Do these characters work for any website at all? or do they only work for SpanishDict.