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?

[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