Is that an emoticon in 1862?
source: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/hfo-emoticon/
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- nazbags
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A New York Times transcript of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln appears to have the very first emoticon. Some are dismissing the winking smiley face as a typo, while others say it could have been grammatically find for that era. But could the fact that it comes after the word 'laughter' be a coincedence?
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purplefox
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aah, would've been cool but it looks like a typo or just part of the punctuation to me - after all, there's a open bracket at the start. I guess netizens tuned to spot emotes more these days.
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