Emoticons Minicast - 14 July 2008

A listener has a question about emoticons, those little sideways symbols you type to suggest emotions in informal electronic writing. You know, like using a colon, dash, and a capital P to stick out your tongue like this :-P or using a colon, dash, and small letter d to say 'Yum!' :-d <br/><br/>But if you're going to toss emoticons into your prose, the caller asks, how in the world do you punctuate them?<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write 24 hours a day: (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673, words@waywordradio.org, or visit our web site and discussion forums at http://waywordradio.org. Copyright 2008, Wayword LLC.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=251yD3TQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=rTo1GHRi"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?d=52" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=P4Ehm6TB"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?i=P4Ehm6TB" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=wS2Vrd1N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?i=wS2Vrd1N" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=KBELTfTg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?i=KBELTfTg" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=Sn8lkDg6"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?d=42" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~f/awwwpodcast?a=8TXIrD94"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/awwwpodcast?d=54" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/awwwpodcast/~4/dTa0bJ1Mq9s" height="1" width="1"/>