Writing Special Characters in Blog Comments
To better convey intention or meaning, special character combinations can be entered in blog comments to auto-create emoticons, as follows. Here are the so-called smilies or emoticons you can create (please do not over use these in your comments):
| Emoticons or Smilies Used in Comments | |
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| Emoticon | Character combination used |
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Write :) or :-) or :smile: — (Happy smile) |
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Write :D or :-D or :grin: — (Big smile) |
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Write :( or :-( or :sad: — (Sad or bummed) |
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Write :o or :-o or :eek: — (Afraid or scared) |
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Write 8O or 8-O or :shock: — (Shocked) |
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Write :? or :-? or :???: or :?: — (Confused) |
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Write 8) or 8-) or :cool: — (Cool, man) |
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Write :x or :-x or :mad: — (Angry) |
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Write :P or :-P or :razz: — (Raspberry) |
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Write :| or :-| or :neutral: — (Neutral) |
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Write ;) or ;-) or :wink: — (Wink) |
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Write :lol: — (Laugh) |
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Write :oops: — (Blunder) |
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Write :cry: — (Cry) |
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Write :evil: — (Evil) |
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Write :twisted: — (Twisted) |
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Write :roll: — (Roll-eyes) |
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Write :!: — (Exclamation point) |
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Write :idea: — (Idea) |
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Write :arrow: — (Arrow) |
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Write :mrgreen: — (Green smiley) |
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Write :beast: or :E — (GreenBeast) (We made this one!) |
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Write :lady: or O: — (Ladybug) (We made this one!) |
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Write :goof: or :goofy: — (Goofy) (We made this one!) |
We also offer these character entities. [Intro]
| Character Entities Used in Comments | |
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| Entity/Symbol | Character combination used |
| ♥ | Write ♥ — (Heart) |
| ♣ | Write ♣ — (Club) |
| ♠ | Write ♠ — (Spade) |
| ♦ | Write ♦ — (Diamond) (May not work in IE 6 or older) |
| ◊ | Write ◊ — (Lozenge) |
| • | Write • — (Bullet) |
| · | Write · — (Dot) |
| » | Write » — (Double right French quote) |
| « | Write « — (Double left French quote) |
| › | Write › — (Single right French quote) |
| ‹ | Write ‹ — (Single left French quote) |
| < | Write < — (Less-than angle bracket) |
| > | Write > — (Greater-than angle bracket) |
Have Fun! But, again, don’t go nuts with ‘em. [Intro]
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