Does anyone know...?

Question

You know how people do those cute things with punctuation marks like:

()()
(. .)
( )*

do you know any more?

Answer 1

They're usually referred to as emoticons

here is an article wikipedia that explains them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

Answer 2

We call these things 'emoticons' - I suppose it means icons to show emotions. These go on their sides, but yours are right way up.

The ones I see most often are:-

:-) :-( obviously these are for Happy & Sad. You could do one like this ;-) for a wink or a joke I suppose.

Try making your own up - it could catch on.

Wendy
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Answer 3

:)