Re: OT: Emoticon for "I'm serious"?

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:06:46 GMT, ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew
Stephenson) wrote:

Becoming aware of an occasional need for an emoticon to signify
"I'm serious" or "I mean it", I can't recall seeing one in use.

We have smilies :-) and winkies ;-) and jutting tongues :-P and
the various BBSs often offer a range of ghastly graphic things.

Any ideas? I can only come up with :-| (tight-lipped) and :-!

Getting the world to use it seems bound to be difficult, unless
it is pretty much self-explanatory.

The few times I've felt the need for such in the past, I've used "No
Smilie" in parentheses or brackets, thus: (No Smilie)

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Erol K. Bayburt
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