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Ask HN: Do I use full stop after an emoticon at the end of a sentence? :) or :).

2 points by koppo 13y ago

:) or :). The latter seems to destroy the emotion of the emoticon.

plesner 13y ago
Also relevant: can an emoticon count as a close paren? (wink :-) or (wink :-)).
- koppo 13y ago
  yep, this is another pain point. (thanks for asking :()
  - pestaa 13y ago
    That's a valid monkey mouth, but make sure to close your parens!
    - koppo 13y ago
      omg! i closed the parens and it turned out to be a monkey mouth >:-(
jehna1 13y ago
Before. :) (but if you use parens, make sure to add a last word ;) right?)
Casseres 13y ago
Use it instead of punctuation :-) Then start the new sentence like this with a capitalized letter. I still haven't figured out how to use it inside of parenthesis, so I try to avoid doing so.
lake99 13y ago
You have http://english.stackexchange.com/ http://english.stackexchange.com/ for questions such as this. Search for "emoticon" there.
koppo 13y ago
thanks guys/gals :)