Saturday, August 30, 2008

Stuck in hall~
Okay, it’s raining again here in Clementi~
Ah it’s almost the end of the month too! I haven’t posted for over a month! Did you guys miss me~
Actually, I’ve been trying to get into my account since last week but Blogger seemed to be unable to process my request. Which was weird. So I just reset my password and went on my way. And yes! I got in~
Anyway, I’ve noticed that people have been asking me about the emoticons I use on MSN and in SMSes. If you’ve been befuddled by 8DDD or DDD8 or even 8DDD’’ which I don’t really use because I know it really means nothing to people who aren’t on ZU, then FRET NOT, YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE!
Thus, let me present: THE ZOMGUVER 8DDDD GUIDE TO NELLYN’S RANDOM EMOTICONS.
Introduction: Really, no one seems to get them? It’s only looking at the handphone from one angle or the other. Actually, I got into this habit because of a forum I frequent, [link provided below] ZOMG!UVERx3. They started it. So I joined them~
It’s really quite fun, once you start. Hahaha!
How to Read: This is adapted from the ‘=D’ or the ‘:D’ emoticons that we are all so familiar with. The ‘8’ just are the eyes here, and the ‘D’ is the mouth. I think most people are okay with this, it’s just the ‘D8’ which confuses them. The concept is the same as ‘=)’ and ‘)=’. You just change the direction which you look at the face. The extra ‘D’s act as an indicator; how happy or sad I am thus is reflected by the number of ‘D’s which are in front of behind the ‘8’.
The ‘x’ version of the icons follows the same concept. Really, it’s not that hard to imagine.
Commonly used icons include:
8DDD: Happy~ This is the most common one. Because my handphone’s dictionary has DDD stuck together already. xDDD [See?]
DDD8: Depressed~ Or upset by something. Like if you tell me something bad happened to you, this icon tends to appear in my reply.
8DDD’’: This is abit hard to explain, kinda like an awkward laugh? The 2 apostrophes at the end refer to sweatdrops that are so common today. Follows the ==’’, as well as the O_o’’ concepts.
See, it’s so simple! There are only 2 kinds of emotions here!
Actually, there’s another set of emoticons that I use but not so often because I don’t think people actually get them. So. Here it is! Just in case I use it and all...
>DDD: It’s an evil laugh. ‘Nuff said. The ‘>’ is the eyebrows. See the evil laugh already?
DDD<: I’m pissed at you now. The ‘<’ is once again, the eyebrows furrowing when you’re pissed.
Yay, extra section done~
Maybe people think that the extra ‘D’s refer to other facial features, like noses or something... (Don’t hide, Fariha)
Wow, it’s almost dinner time already.

Posted by norbert at 8/30/2008 04:45:00 PM