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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:

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Originally posted by shar69:

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
I visit so many boards during the day, all of which have different smilies, (graemlins as we call them) that I've never memorized where they go. I didn't notice the change until it was pointed out to me.

graemlins, is that an american way of spelling gremlins or does it mean something totally different?

The person that originated the idea of emoticons was Scott Fahlman. The person that first suggested to Ted the idea of taking Mr. Fahlman's idea, introducing them to our message boards, then changing Fahlman's keystrokes :-) and converting them into actual images is named Graeme. As it's Graeme's idea we call them graemlins. Our UBB message board was the first to have this.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
Well, I think you have an extra h sound in there.

And now you have more info than you ever wanted to know about these little guys, huh?

Hello Thanks for the protection ...

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Originally posted by cologne1:

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:

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Originally posted by cologne1:
Friends?

but of course!

That's good.

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Originally posted by Shar:
Wonder who coined the word 'smilies' ...? Does this look like it's smiling ...?

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Originally posted by Blue Diamond:

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Originally posted by cologne1:

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:

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Originally posted by cologne1:
Friends?

but of course!

That's good.

I wouldn't trust him.

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Originally posted by madamski:

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Originally posted by Shar:
Wonder who coined the word 'smilies' ...? Does this look like it's smiling ...?

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Originally posted by Shar:

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Originally posted by madamski:

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Originally posted by Shar:
Wonder who coined the word 'smilies' ...? Does this look like it's smiling ...?

That one is smiling ... looks like it wants to kill, but it's still smiling ...

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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

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Originally posted by shar69:

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:

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Originally posted by shar69:

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:

ohhh, thank you for the explaination. So it pronounced grahamlins maybe or not

Sort of like greym-lins.

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Originally posted by cologne1:

I think he's ok. It's a nice place and I only got on my hight horse last night because of things in RL.

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Originally posted by Blue Diamond:


Haven’t they got anything better to do?

I had only just got used to them where they were.

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
I'm sorry Blue diamond, I can't. They're in the database the same as always. Every time the server is restarted they will change. I don't understand the technical ins and outs of it, I just know that's the way it works. I'm sorry that I can't explain why, though. It's so far over my head...

Fluffy, yes, that's about it.

P-C-E, you're welcome. Seemed the right thing to do at the time given the circumstances.

Madamski, bampots. I learned something new today, thank you.

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Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:

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Originally posted by Blue Diamond:


Haven’t they got anything better to do?

I had only just got used to them where they were.

I don't really see that it matters what order they are in. Seems rather a silly thing to get angry about.

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Originally posted by Dave - GaGa:
I'm sorry Blue diamond, I can't. They're in the database the same as always. Every time the server is restarted they will change. I don't understand the technical ins and outs of it, I just know that's the way it works. I'm sorry that I can't explain why, though. It's so far over my head...

Fluffy, yes, that's about it.

P-C-E, you're welcome. Seemed the right thing to do at the time given the circumstances.

Madamski, bampots. I learned something new today, thank you.

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Originally posted by Shar:
Wonder who coined the word 'smilies' ...? Does this look like it's smiling ...?

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Originally posted by Blue Diamond:


Haven’t they got anything better to do?

I had only just got used to them where they were.

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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

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Originally posted by Shar:
Wonder who coined the word 'smilies' ...? Does this look like it's smiling ...?

I think it was because the 1st generation ones were all like these:-



just wee round, non-animated pics. The name was just carried on when they became nore complex.

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Originally posted by Pengy:
It's making me all confuddled especially as I'd gotten use to where certain ones were