From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Fri Aug 30 2002 - 06:53:37 MDT
Alfio:
>I'm also sure that I never made that gesture to ask for clarification, but
>only to express disbelief.
[...]
>There's another one. If you are making some strong statement, usually
>negative, you can use the gesture as a reinforcement.
In the Italian online community has anyone used 'gesticons',
analogous to emoticons?
For example,
/U\ = "What the fuck do you mean?"
I'm only half-serious, but it seems to me that 'gesticons'
(the idea and label suggested by a friend in email) could
add dimensions to the flat email strata for communication.
Amara
P.S. A new industry! We could publish dictionaries of gesticons
for different cultures......
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