Where did these smilies originate from?, Do you use 'em ? ^_^ >.< ^^; ^.^ -_- Options

[aud_chua]

I just thought about it cuz my friend who's non-asian just asked me "what does ^^; mean?" it was kinda hard for me to explain cuz he didn't watch anime and i didn't just wanna say it's a set of eyes with sweatdrops on the side.. he wouldn't really grasp the idea there.. most of my asian friends understand those smileys, i.e. >.< , ^_^ , ^_- , ^^; , -_- , etc... , and the emotion accompanied with each of those.

Do any of you guys use it? Or is it just something that anime fanatics use?

[*NatiMarie*]

Japanese something...
They're japanese smileys
yay!

[JlIaTMK]

hmmm the two last ones i dont get.... but i get the other ones....
this ones my favorite

(-_-).... and this one (^-^) hehe sleezy and high

[itskatherine XD]

i use it all the time and i don't watch anime. i guess its an asian thing. the smiles are cute. hehe

[acidbreeze]

white, watch a little anime, and use em all the time.
i just prefer ^_^ over tilting my head for a :)
the ^_^ seems to express more happiness too though.
i use =/, =D, =P, :/, :D, :P, XD, >:O too.

2 or 3 years ago i watched dbz and dragonball, those kind of animes (i was in 4th/5th grade)
now i watch inu-yasha and some others on toonami, i read ranma and bone

[F_L_I_P]

iono where they originate but i love using this->XD

-Phil-

[*CEP*]

^^ <-- and whatever smileys have those eyes, are from Anime. See, when the artist makes them smile, their eyes kind of turn into that.
Meh, not saying it's anime only. Some of my korean friends' eyes disapear when they laugh.
I always ask if they can see while they're laughing...I never got an answer though.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[*Kathleen*]

Haha I use those smileys, but I'm not an anime fanatic. I suppose it rubbed off on me from friends.

[aud_chua]

hahahaha..! it's true... when asians with small eyes laugh, their eyes just turn to slits.. lolz..! ^^;

[Knight]

I don't use those kind I'm into these 'lil babies

[xjjajeengx]

LMFAO JOSE my eyes do the ^^ thing too, and i can see perfectly fine.

mines are as follows:
xD
x]] or x]
x[[ or x[
^_^ or ^^ or ^.^
~.- or ~_- or ~o-
*_* or *.*
>.< or <_< or >_> or <.< or >.> or >_<
o_0 or 0_o or o_o or O_O or 0_0
x_X or x_x or X_X or x.x
T_T or TT_TT or T.T or TT.TT or t_t
m_m (also the same thing as TT_TT)

i think thass it...

-edit-
OMFG i forgot my precious -_- face

-_- or -_-x or -_-;; or -_x or -_o

[xBitterxSweetx]

i used to use ^.^ but not anymore.

[aud_chua]

LMFAO JOSE my eyes do the ^^ thing too, and i can see perfectly fine.

mines are as follows:
xD
x]] or x]
x[[ or x[
^_^ or ^^ or ^.^
~.- or ~_- or ~o-
*_* or *.*
>.< or <_< or >_> or <.< or >.> or >_<
o_0 or 0_o or o_o or O_O or 0_0
x_X or x_x or X_X or x.x
T_T or TT_TT or T.T or TT.TT or t_t
m_m (also the same thing as TT_TT)

i think thass it...

-edit-
OMFG i forgot my precious -_- face

-_- or -_-x or -_-;; or -_x or -_o

hehe.. i use a lot of the ones you use as well.. although not that often........

i love the -_- face..!! hehehe.. it's just so cute..! lolz..!

[StarStruck xD]

sometimes... I use them... ^_^

[LiNHy POO]

i use = ) = ( = D = p ^_^

[elmogurly]

i don't use them. i only use =). haha. i'm not an anime fanatic, sorry. but i know them because my friends use them. haha. punks

[sheepy]

i use deemm ^^"
but i dunt really do anime neways ;p

[IIO__oII]

from asians. O_o
we are so creative, arent we? -__-;;

[inthemudhole]

I use..

^_^
-_-
-.-
._.
^_~
o_O
O_o
O_O
o_o
>_<
>_>
<_<
>.<
etc.

[Sumiaki]

Yes i use those smilies. I got it from playing a game called Ragnarok online. I only use those smilies when "cb smilies" are not available. I mean how awesome is the "shifty" smilie.

[vivieeeen]

yea, i use cb smilies on msn... haha~

but when i'm on some other computer.. i just have to cope with this:

>w< || >u< || >3< || *O* || and.... more

[hybrid]

Too many.


(>^^)> ====[3 (>.<)

^^ FOOD FIGHT! Heh, it's mine! I MADE IT.

[ichiban]

i didnt kno they originated from anime .... o.O

[juliar]

-_- -.- >.< i use those three alot.
That's about it.
oh and -.o

[capsule]

the day i played starcraft, everywhere i went, i saw "^_^", "T_T", "-_-", and "(._.)'"

yea...

[LatinaLady]

i dont know what they all mean and i just use this one >.< thats it. i havent seen the other ones til now

[Levy2k6]

im good using these old classics :) :p and etc...

[captured_serenit...]

yeah i think it's just an asian thing...i guess...i dont know because i just think they are adorable...but *sighs* i'm not sure what they are called....but yup yup yup! (^-^)

[Alpha240]

i don't use those smilies.. but i think they're cute

[lilteardrop]

hha i use them. idunno ^^ like means happy/proud? idunno its a happy face. not a mad face. ah did that make sense?

[tofumonzter]

:D
xD, x]](stole from grace... moahahh...)

><
o_o"
...
-_-

(3_3) - just woke up.

hahaha. and the kirby set.
<(^_^<) <(^_^)> (>^_^)>

[Blueiyzboy]

I think there annoying as hell... cause I can never figure them out. LMAO!

[sushiluva]

one day, when i find out who the person who made emoticons is, i'm going to look him in the face and go >=D

[aud_chua]

one day, when i find out who the person who made emoticons is, i'm going to look him in the face and go >=D

lolz..! you're funny. ^_^

just curious, though.. to those who actually use these types of smileys, how would you explain to a person what ^^; means...?

>_> <-- that's a funny expression right there.. hehe..

the kirbies are a classic from the game.. those are just adorable!!

(>'-')> <( '-' )> <('-'<)

hahaha..!! ^_^

[defjam_gangsta]

^^ <-- and whatever smileys have those eyes, are from Anime. See, when the artist makes them smile, their eyes kind of turn into that.
Meh, not saying it's anime only. Some of my korean friends' eyes disapear when they laugh.
I always ask if they can see while they're laughing...I never got an answer though.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

Greetings!!

how do i answer tat?! hmmm.. maybe learn chinese?!

CHEERS CB!!

[sweetdreamsx3]

i saw those in 2000 lol my friend started using them but my favorite is ":D" i dont know where they came from but its all good

[happygoluckyng]

oh they are...haha

[angel-roh]

heh i heard that korean ppls created those ^___^;; ^_^ ^n^ n_n
hehe so yeah and i use them always & all the time

x_x - rated r, confused
X_X - OMG
^_^ - ex: how was ur day? | i'm good ^_^
^__________^ - reallie good, reallie happy
^.^ - kinda funny
O_O - shocked, surprised
o_o - weird, but sometimes shocked too, but not that shock just little
T_T - crying, really sad
-_- - ex: "omg dont tell me ur going out with him" that kind of emotional heh or sometimes sad


hehe but these days they mixed it up now haha so it's hard to think wat they are talkin` bot hehe like ^_^ <-- usually it was good but now it's like greetings.... um yeah haha it's been changing a lot haha well me too i changed some too haha

[POonSKi]

I just thought about it cuz my friend who's non-asian just asked me "what does ^^; mean?" it was kinda hard for me to explain cuz he didn't watch anime and i didn't just wanna say it's a set of eyes with sweatdrops on the side.. he wouldn't really grasp the idea there.. most of my asian friends understand those smileys, i.e. >.< , ^_^ , ^_- , ^^; , -_- , etc... , and the emotion accompanied with each of those.

Do any of you guys use it? Or is it just something that anime fanatics use?

i use it all the time~ i think they're fantastic!! lol...my favorite sets.. ^^ and ><

[sandra]

i see them a lot on msn, and i started using them. i think they're cute ^^