For those that are "TOTALLY ENTHRALLED" with this subject .. <<<G>>> http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/ascii/smileys.html Dick S. Cyndi Howells wrote: > > Hello Arnold and all - > After reading Arnold's question about <LOL>, I realized that he > obviously hasn't read my book cover to cover. I'm deeply hurt. > Especially after baking cookies especially for him. <BG> <---that > stands for Big Grin. > > There are several sites online with complete lists of commonly used > e-mail acronyms and "smilies" which are those little faces you can > see if you tip your head to the left: > > Emoticons - or - The Smiley Home Page > http://www.lib.utah.edu/navigator/email/emoticon.html > > E-mail Glossary > http://everythingemail.net/glossary.html > > >From the glossary in my book, "Netting Your Ancestors:" > > Smilies: > Angel O:-) > Crying :' ( > Cutsie smile or clown :o) > Devil }: > > Dunce <:-) > Frown or sad :-( > Hug { } > Laughing or big grin : D or :-D > Kiss :-* > Mad >:-( > My lips are sealed :-X or :-# > Raspberry :-P* > Rose @-->-->-- > Smile : ) or :-) > Smile with glasses 8-) > Sticking out tongue :-P > Wink ; ) or ;-) > Yell :-O > > Acronyms Used in Everyday Email Messages: > > AFAIK As far as I know > BAK Back at the keyboard > <BG> Big grin > BRB Be right back > BTW By the way > FWIW For what its worth > FYI For your information > <G> Grin > GMTA Great minds think alike > IMHO In my humble opinion > IMO In my opinion > LOL Laughing out loud > OTOH On the other hand > ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing > TIA Thanks in advance > TL Til later > TTFN Ta-ta for now! > TTYL Talk to you later > VBG Very big grin > > And for those of you who are really into learning today, visit: > Netiquette Home Page > http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/netiquette.html > E-Mail Etiquette > http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm > > Teaching mode now turned off, > Cyndi > > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > Cyndi Howells Puyallup, Washington > PSRoots List Poohbah > cyndihow@oz.net > > PSRoots-L Mailing List > http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/psroots.htm > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from the list, send a NEW e-mail > message to: PSRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com > or PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > with only one word in the body: subscribe > or: unsubscribe -- RESEARCHING: SCHWEISS, MEIER, SCHMITT, MEHLTRATER, STADTHER Visit my Home Page .... http://home.switchboard.com/daswamp Also be sure to see these: Millenia Corp. Legacy Family Tree ... http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/ GENSERV ... http://www.genserv.com/ The Genealogy Help Network ... http://ghn.genealogy.org