Happy 25th Birthday - smiley face!
The ‘colon-hyphen-parenthesis’ smiley
face has actually been around for 25 years.
It might be hugely popular today with those
writing e-mails, chatting via instant message windows, sending phone texts, or
consumed by social networking habits, but the
‘colon-hyphen-parenthesis’ smiley face has actually been around for
rather a long time – 25 years in
fact.
Specifically, Scott E. Fahlman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has laid claim to being the world’s first person to ever utilise the ‘smiley face’ form of communication, when he added it to a computer message way back in 1982, reports the Associated Press.
“I propose the following character sequence for joke markers:
Specifically, Scott E. Fahlman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has laid claim to being the world’s first person to ever utilise the ‘smiley face’ form of communication, when he added it to a computer message way back in 1982, reports the Associated Press.
“I propose the following character sequence for joke markers:
- wrote Fahlman in creating the world’s first
emoticon, “Read it sideways.” Fahlman’s original smiley face
was posted to an online electronic bulletin board on September 19, 1982, which
was discussing the restrictions of online humour and how to easily discern the
true meaning of light-hearted
comments.
How time flies when you’re having fun.
How time flies when you’re having fun.
Posted: Thu - September 20, 2007 at 05:52 AM