Well, since these emoticons in their huge and almost endless variety HAVE been around for over 20 years (as I know from first-hand experience /~__^ ), long before the current hyper-trendy-popularity of Anime (which I have also been a big fan of for over 20 years), it's silly to now refer to them as "Japanese"... I think some quiz-makers just aren't very familiar with their Geek History. XD
...We used all these suckers in college before there WAS an Internet. :p
Aye, but I was trying to think of why these young'uns who know not of the ARPANet might associate them with japanese. That's the best I could come up with; honestly, I'm as baffled as ye.
Yeppers, we knew her fondly... ^^ (But only whenever me & didjiman had occasion to bop on over to visit his best bud Will at MIT... our stoopid school weren't on it, least as we could find out...)
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Re: Since when are these Japanese?...
Date: 2005-05-18 08:04 am (UTC)That, or they're incredibly racist, and think that carats are accurate representations of epicanthic folds.
Re: Since when are these Japanese?...
Date: 2005-05-18 09:21 am (UTC)...We used all these suckers in college before there WAS an Internet. :p
Re: Since when are these Japanese?...
Date: 2005-05-18 09:24 am (UTC)ARPAnet! :D
Date: 2005-05-18 09:30 am (UTC)Yeppers, we knew her fondly... ^^ (But only whenever me &