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Is That an Emoticon in 1862?

Dennis G. Jerz / 5 Feb 2009

What appears to be a smiley winks out from an 1862 transcript of a speech by ==|;o)>

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5 Feb 2009 in Amusing, Design, History, Language, Media, Modding, Writing.

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One thought on “Is That an Emoticon in 1862?”

  1. Dennis G. JerzRob't says:
    8 Feb 2009 at 5:15 am

    It sure does look like it, but I’m sure you’ve already figured out that the semi-colon and the closing parenthesis were transposed when the paper was typeset. Nice try, and keep looking.

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