Comments on: Raise Your Hand If You Hate Emoticons http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/ English Translation from German, Spanish and Catalan; English Editing and Writing Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:44:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kenneth http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/#comment-372 Kenneth Wed, 14 May 2008 18:28:33 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=85#comment-372 I just cannot get out of the habit of putting an apostrophe in to create a possessive "it's". I just cannot get out of the habit of putting an apostrophe in to create a possessive “it’s”.

]]> By: Casey http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/#comment-368 Casey Wed, 14 May 2008 08:04:29 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=85#comment-368 As do errant <a href="http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/its-a-legitimate-spelling-websters-agrees/" rel="nofollow">apostrophes</a>... As do errant apostrophes…

]]> By: Kenneth http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/#comment-366 Kenneth Wed, 14 May 2008 01:18:57 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=85#comment-366 Of course I meant, "I hope", and not "Hope I". Dyslexia, like paranoia, strikes deep. Of course I meant, “I hope”, and not “Hope I”. Dyslexia, like paranoia, strikes deep.

]]> By: Kenneth http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/#comment-365 Kenneth Wed, 14 May 2008 01:16:28 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=85#comment-365 I have a firm rule against using anything of the sort in my professional emails. It is just, well, unprofessional. But here is a bit of a funny: I unfortunately use AOL. When I send an IM with my phone number (with an area code of 818) AOL automatically converts it to 81 smiley face!!!! Makes for interesting comments when I am IM'ing with a business associate. But such is the ubiquitous nature of those silly things that AOL takes it out of it's poor simplistic users' hands. Hope I our favorite blogger has time for us in the next couple of weeks. Word has it her calendar is quite full. I have a firm rule against using anything of the sort in my professional emails. It is just, well, unprofessional. But here is a bit of a funny: I unfortunately use AOL. When I send an IM with my phone number (with an area code of 818) AOL automatically converts it to 81 smiley face!!!! Makes for interesting comments when I am IM’ing with a business associate. But such is the ubiquitous nature of those silly things that AOL takes it out of it’s poor simplistic users’ hands. Hope I our favorite blogger has time for us in the next couple of weeks. Word has it her calendar is quite full.

]]> By: Casey http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/#comment-356 Casey Mon, 12 May 2008 09:01:06 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=85#comment-356 The book's been in the back of my mind since I saw that New Yorker "Talk of the Town" piece last YEAR...I think the no-sarcasm rule is a great start. I also have a sneaking suspicion that the use of emoticons is considered somewhat feminine (I say sneaking because I have no basis for it), so you might want to keep that in mind when corresponding with clients. The book’s been in the back of my mind since I saw that New Yorker “Talk of the Town” piece last YEAR…I think the no-sarcasm rule is a great start. I also have a sneaking suspicion that the use of emoticons is considered somewhat feminine (I say sneaking because I have no basis for it), so you might want to keep that in mind when corresponding with clients.

]]> By: Bev http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/raise-your-hand-if-you-hate-emoticons/#comment-349 Bev Wed, 07 May 2008 22:18:10 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=85#comment-349 I had to turn my head and squint a bit to see Homer in that emoticon. This is a question I've struggled with and probably will continue to in my professional emails. My friends can tolerate my winky faces and still want to be my friends - my professional contacts....some yes, some no. So I try to follow the "no sarcasm in professional email" rule, and continue to blunder along...I may have to add that book to my list. I had to turn my head and squint a bit to see Homer in that emoticon.

This is a question I’ve struggled with and probably will continue to in my professional emails. My friends can tolerate my winky faces and still want to be my friends - my professional contacts….some yes, some no.

So I try to follow the “no sarcasm in professional email” rule, and continue to blunder along…I may have to add that book to my list.

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