Smiley I don't understand ^^

DampCat · 5 Nov 2009 at 20:17

DANCE KIRBY DANCE!

<(^^)< <(^^)> >(^^)> <(^^)< <(^^)> >(^^)> <(^^)< <(^^)> >(^^)>

arknor · 5 Nov 2009 at 21:41

NickK said:
Japanese smilies focus on the eyes because japanese focus on the eyes more than the mouth in real life (supposedly).

Westerner focus on the mouth.

is it bad that im thinking of something that happens in porn films

Broadie · 5 Nov 2009 at 22:18

(.)(.)

toon_mad · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:09

arknor said:
i prefer the western version
QQ MORE NOOB!

btw proper japanese emoticons are rather advanced and probably dont work on these forums.
if these look messed up you know why ^^

ｬダヽ(o`皿′o)ﾉ

ｶﾞ━━Σ(ﾟДﾟ|||)━━ﾝ!!

仲良し(*･∀･)/♡\(･∀･*)だよ

(*^^)/~~~~~~~~~~◎

(。_°☆\(- - ) バシっ!

(/--)/~┻┻ 彡☆★

□_ヾ(･_･ )カタカタ

hang on man, whey thats not geordie is it!

Sin_Chase · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:22

KEKEKEKEKEKEKE ^_^

Ross1234 · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:24

I use it to point to the above post. Im not japanese obsessed like everyone else who thinks its cool.

ScarySquirrel · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:32

8=====D ~ ~ ( . )( . )

randal · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:37

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JIM_BOB7813 · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:44

I use it when I agree with what someone said ^^
This is the face: ^_^ or ^_____^ for extra happy.

٩(̾๏̮̮̃̾๏̃̾)۶

J!nx · 5 Nov 2009 at 23:49

^_^ is definitely happy (too happy)

I like to think ^^ meant agreement myself, though ^^ and sarcasim I reckon could go hand in hand.

arknor · 6 Nov 2009 at 00:22

J!nx said:
^_^ is definitely happy (too happy)

I like to think ^^ meant agreement myself, though ^^ and sarcasim I reckon could go hand in hand.

original meaning is japanese though and they were using it in online games before i ever saw in on a western forum.
maybe they did the ^^ in online games because its quicker than doing the proper version or because most games at the time didnt allow the character sets needed.

the same as people now do 0/ (for hello) its a simplified version of the japanese one that goonswarm started using in eve-online
( ^_^)／やぁ！

(=°-°)ノドモデス

（。￣_￣。）ノ~~~ ドモ

etc

michael baxter · 6 Nov 2009 at 00:33

Urban Dictionary is your friend

^^

xiphrex · 6 Nov 2009 at 01:22

Guy I used to know used to do this:

-_-;;;;;;;;;;;

The semi-colons denote a lot of sweating apparently.

Margaret · 6 Nov 2009 at 01:34

Ziggy · 6 Nov 2009 at 01:50

)

^ Russian smiley.

If they're really happy they go ))))))))))))))))

HangTime · 7 Nov 2009 at 15:04

Tigjaw said:
I've always used ^^ to simply refer to the post above me for example:

I say: I love scrubs because Rowdy is the best dead dog in the world

Bob asks: why do you love scrubs?

I reply: ^^^

ie. I use it to say "look up".

Everybody around me also seems to use it for the same effect also. I thought everybody did?

I use a number of chevrons equal to how many posts above mine I'm referring to in my reply. Typically when replying to recent post and don't want to waste space using Quote. So either ^, ^^, or ^^^.

QlimaxUK · 7 Nov 2009 at 16:59

(.Y.)

Kezmo · 7 Nov 2009 at 17:08

always thought it was two raised eyebrows tbh, ^ (1 raised)

^^, smug or rye smile