Re:First use of an emoticon in 1862?
by joecode on Thursday May 07, 2009 @05:27PM
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Wish it were true, but I don't buy it. The article has a link to the full text. Close to the end of the next paragraph, you see the following:
"I believe he is a brave and able man, (applause,)"
Looking over the whole text, the use of parantheses as oppposed to brackets is probably meant to indicate that the speaker does not pause, so the audience reaction overlaps. In such situations, commas and semi-colons make more sense. That is, as oppossed to the periods and exclamations that you see terminating the bracketed phrases.
"I believe he is a brave and able man, (applause,)"
Looking over the whole text, the use of parantheses as oppposed to brackets is probably meant to indicate that the speaker does not pause, so the audience reaction overlaps. In such situations, commas and semi-colons make more sense. That is, as oppossed to the periods and exclamations that you see terminating the bracketed phrases.
Now back to hacking.