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Emoticons

Marjorie195

Hi, I have looked at the smileys, and while I can see what some of them mean, I am not sure about all of them. Is there an explanation somewhere? I got into trouble on facebook by not using emoticons appropriately. WinkUndecidedTongue Out for example, mean nothing to me. I'm from the dinosaur era, we didn't use such things.

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    I gues this is tough for some ASD people. I hadn't appreciated this but it's obvious really that if we have problems recognising emotion in peoples faces then we might also struggle with smileys.

    Try

    commons.wikimedia.org/.../Category:Smilies

    for starters.

    The three that you have used mean

    winking, humorous, maybe suggesting a double entendre,

    sick or sad

    tongue out, joking

    At least that's what they say to me but I don;t claim to be an expert. The exact meaning will be highly dependent on context just as the meaning of any given word or facial expression may hev multiple meanings and the particular use will depend on what someone has said in the run up to the expression.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I gues this is tough for some ASD people. I hadn't appreciated this but it's obvious really that if we have problems recognising emotion in peoples faces then we might also struggle with smileys.

    Try

    commons.wikimedia.org/.../Category:Smilies

    for starters.

    The three that you have used mean

    winking, humorous, maybe suggesting a double entendre,

    sick or sad

    tongue out, joking

    At least that's what they say to me but I don;t claim to be an expert. The exact meaning will be highly dependent on context just as the meaning of any given word or facial expression may hev multiple meanings and the particular use will depend on what someone has said in the run up to the expression.

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