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(Message started by: TenaliRaman on Aug 20^th, 2007, 7:09pm)

Title: :P ???
Post by TenaliRaman on Aug 20^th, 2007, 7:09pm

How do you interpret this smiley?
--> :P

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 20^th, 2007, 8:58pm

Like "only kidding joke" face people make, thats my interpretation.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by TenaliRaman on Aug 20^th, 2007, 10:01pm

:P <-- A dead guy with a tongue sticking out ???

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Roy on Aug 20^th, 2007, 10:17pm

i would say that it's making fun of someone, but i just can't take it seriously in that cowboy hat

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Sameer on Aug 20^th, 2007, 10:22pm

on 08/20/07 at 22:01:32, TenaliRaman wrote:

:P <-- A dead guy with a tongue sticking out ???

Haha that is funny... i will confess I never thought of it that way until now... and to think of it it does look like a roadkill ;) :P

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by JiNbOtAk on Aug 20^th, 2007, 11:16pm

I usually use that smiley for a tongue in cheek reply.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by towr on Aug 21^st, 2007, 12:30am

on 08/20/07 at 22:01:32, TenaliRaman wrote:

:P <-- A dead guy with a tongue sticking out ???

If it were a dead guy, the eyes should be x's

like http://tcw2.ai.rug.nl/~towr/dead.gif

on 08/20/07 at 19:09:58, TenaliRaman wrote:

How do you interpret this smiley?
--> :P

It depends somewhat on the sentence/paragraph it's attached to; but practically always as some form of "just kidding", somewhere in between ;) and ;D
I think :D is just creepy looking, I don't think I've seen anyone use it here..

:P is a bit goofy looking, so it seems fitting for goofy/'tongue in cheek' remarks.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Grimbal on Aug 21^st, 2007, 12:58am

on 08/21/07 at 00:30:43, towr wrote:

If it were a dead guy, the eyes should be x's

I was about to make the exact same drawing when I saw your remark... :)

on 08/21/07 at 00:30:43, towr wrote:

I think :D is just creepy looking, I don't think I've seen anyone use it here..

I see :D as a stronger :). :) = happy, :D = hilarious.

on 08/21/07 at 00:30:43, towr wrote:

:P is a bit goofy looking, so it seems fitting for goofy/'tongue in cheek' remarks.

Tonge in cheek? Look again! ;)

And to answer to the question, I see :P as some kind of "gotcha!".

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by towr on Aug 21^st, 2007, 1:05am

on 08/21/07 at 00:58:12, Grimbal wrote:

I see :D as a stronger :). :) = happy, :D = hilarious.

Hilarious is a stronger version of happy?
I'd have thought funny->hilarious, happy->overjoyed

Either way, it's not a good looking smiley..

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Grimbal on Aug 21^st, 2007, 1:48am

Your English is better than mine.

And it is true that the smile of :D reminds of the Joker in Batman.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by TenaliRaman on Aug 21^st, 2007, 2:06am

on 08/21/07 at 00:30:43, towr wrote:

http://tcw2.ai.rug.nl/~towr/dead.gif

LOL!!

-- AI

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by JiNbOtAk on Aug 21^st, 2007, 8:25pm

on 08/21/07 at 00:58:12, Grimbal wrote:

Tonge in cheek? Look again! ;)

And to answer to the question, I see :P as some kind of "gotcha!".

Ahh, but I see it the other way round, ;) to me is more fitting for "gotcha!"

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Roy on Aug 21^st, 2007, 8:46pm

I see ;) as a kind of gotcha, :P looks like a "na na na na na na"

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 21^st, 2007, 9:06pm

;) I think is more like, think again, you know what I mean anyone? Like there is a hidden meaning.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Grimbal on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 1:11am

Smileys were supposed to improve the quality of communication by giving the tone of the message. It would help to distinguish between a serious flame from a joke, or irony. But if we don't agree on the meaning of individual smileys, there will be other misunderstandings, for instance if irony is mistaken for happiness.

For me:
;) - "You see what I mean." (maybe refers to some other recent topic)
:P - Something like "Admit it, I won, you lost.", or "Na na na!"

In fact it is not easy to describe the exact feeling a smiley evokes to you.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 2:13am

on 08/22/07 at 01:11:28, Grimbal wrote:

http://tcw2.ai.rug.nl/~towr/dead.gif

I think we can all agree this means a dead person. If not a slightly modified version of this meaning.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by TenaliRaman on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 2:15am

;) - i got laid.
:P - so what?

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by JiNbOtAk on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 2:21am

on 08/22/07 at 02:15:03, TenaliRaman wrote:

;) - i got laid.

I know, I saw the whole thing. :D

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 2:30am

Don't worry TenaliRaman,
I've seen the video, not much to hide htere. 8)

Only kidding, here's the link, to what I saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxKRnsAVdUs

Funny video, what you think?

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Grimbal on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 2:30am

on 08/22/07 at 02:13:29, mikedagr8 wrote:

http://tcw2.ai.rug.nl/~towr/dead.gif
I think we can all agree this means a dead person. If not a slightly modified version of this meaning.

What about: "I watch too much porn".

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 2:37am

Watch the link, you'll see it's appropriate jsut for that reasaon ;).
Yeah, it could be, in that case though, his eyes still are not as functional, so it still applies.

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by Grimbal on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 5:26am

Ahum... my office has a tight firewall... ::)

Title: Re: :P ???
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 22^nd, 2007, 5:57am

Well, I heard it on the radio show Hamish and Andy. It was hilarious, watch some other time then.