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Emoticons: Outlook Express
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Now emoticons are no longer restricted to human expressions. Animals, objects, music have all made an appearance as emoticons. For example an emoticon of a guitar may suggest that you have guitar a class to attend to. There are pet emoticons as well which are extremely popular. Now you can show what dog you own with an emoticon. There characters differ from each breed of dog to the other.
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Both participants explained that Emoticons are used for expressing your feeling in Internet. Participant B ... explained Emoticons as Internet language. This indicates that both participants share similar perspective about Emoticons, but participant B is more aware of the language characteristics of Emoticons.
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Sometimes, words are not enough when it comes to identifying the current mood that a person is in. This is where emoticons are proven to be useful. With common sense, you can easily tell what the emoticon is trying to "tell you" based on the expression it gives.
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