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**The Saucepan Man** · 05-15-2003, 07:27 PM

While I am no fan of chatspeak and have hardly ever used it (I have never even sent a text message), I do think that 'smileys' are useful in a forum such as this, appropriately used. Since it is a discussion atmosphere, they make up for the facial expressions and tones of voice that would otherwise feature in a discussion.

Of course, I agree that they have no place in academic papers, or any other formal piece of writing for that matter.

05-15-2003, 07:27 PM	#36
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	While I am no fan of chatspeak and have hardly ever used it (I have never even sent a text message), I do think that 'smileys' are useful in a forum such as this, appropriately used. Since it is a discussion atmosphere, they make up for the facial expressions and tones of voice that would otherwise feature in a discussion. Of course, I agree that they have no place in academic papers, or any other formal piece of writing for that matter. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!