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 it�s 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