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[SarcasmKills]

Can someone please direct me to a site that explains the meaning of Korean emoticons..

For example: what is the difference between ^^ and ^^;;

My students and Korean friends are always adding these on to email and text messages and while I think I get the gist out of all of them I'd like to clearer on interpreting them..

Ex: I don't know if >_< means they did something stupid, if they're sorry, or if they have to take a dump..

I try to throw the odd one in messages "to be cool" and I often have responses like "Why are you laughing at me?" when the intention was just a damn smile..

Help my emoticon-illiterate arse will ya!

[dogbert]

The ";;" coming off the "^^" are supposed to represent beads of sweat, hence nervousness or anxiety.

[Harin]

-_-;;;

[Real Reality]

Basic examples
^_^ or ^.^ smiley
~_~ or ~.~ content
`_^ or `.^ or ��_^ wink
>_< or >.< angry
^o^ excited
\\^o^/ very excited (raising hands into the air)
*_* or *.* starry eyed (amazed)
-_- or -.- annoyed (trying to hide annoyance)
;_; or ;.; crying
T_T or T.T flowing tears
o_O or O_o or O.o or o.O surprise
O_O or O.O big surprise
@_@ or @.@ confused

Complex examples
=^.^= blushing, or a cat face (mischevious)
<<@_@>> drunk with vertigo
...~*.*~... girl with braids
~~~~>_<~~~~ weeping horribly
^_^; or ^.^; small sweatdrop (embarrassed)
^_^U or ^.^U huge sweat drop (anime-like)
^_^a scratching head

asinah.net
http://united-states.asinah.net/american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/e/em/emoticon.html

=^.^= blushing, or a cat face (mischievous)
~~~~>_<~~~~ weeping horribly
^_^; small sweatdrop (embarrassed)
/*^_^*\ or /��^_^��\ Sailor Moon
<(^_^)>,(>^_^)>, often repeated to indicate dancing.
\(^o^)/ translated as "Wa--i!" or "Wow!" (very excited) - historically was "banzai!" The '\' & '/' are arms in this case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[whatthefunk]

my personal favorite..... p(^o^)q
girl with long earings..

[little mixed girl]

i thought those were straight forward... T_Ta

TT_TT<-- tears T_T <--annoyed, unemotional...whatever face.

maybe u need to wach anime and read manga... =/