電子メールにおいて日本語の顔文字は (^_^)V や (>_<) などの直立体のものが多いが,対応する英語の smiley あるいは emoticon は左回りに90度傾けたものが普通である.Crystal (132) より,ジョークも含めて例を列挙しよう.広く一般的に用いられているのは,せいぜい最初の2つくらいである.
Basic smileys | |
:-) | pleasure, humour, etc. |
:-( | sadness, dissatisfaction, etc. |
;-) | winking (in any of its meanings) |
;-( or :~-( | crying |
%-( or %-) | confused |
:-o or 8-o | shocked, amazed |
:-] or :-[ | sarcastic |
Joke smileys | |
[:-) | User is wearing a Walkman |
8-) | User is wearing sunglasses |
8:-) | User is wearing sunglasses on head |
:-{) | User has a moustache. |
:*) | User is drunk |
:-[ | User is a vampire |
:-E | User is a bucktoothed vampire |
:-F | User is a bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing |
:-~) | User has a cold |
:-@ | User is screaming |
-:-) | User is a punk |
-:-( | Real punks don't smile |
+-:-) | User holds a Christian religious office |
o:-) | User is an angel at heart |
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