# A smile is a smile or is it-?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-smile-is-a-smile-or-is-it/730048>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-smile-is-a-smile-or-is-it/730048 "2015-09-05T16:56:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![tooldtocare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@tooldtocare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooldtocare)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-smile-is-a-smile-or-is-it/730048/1 "2015-09-05T16:56:39Z")

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**A smile is a smile**

_When a wolf shows his teeth_,.,./,./.,.,

.,.,.,…,.He means business

When we humans show our teeth it’s called a smile

Is the difference an evolutionary thing and once upon a time we smiled for the same reason wolves smile today-?

is a smile universal-? Just asking (:-

Dada smile:

[http://tinyurl.com/kpsv7cj](http://tinyurl.com/kpsv7cj)

Now this IS a smile—

[http://tinyurl.com/p2pzhs3](http://tinyurl.com/p2pzhs3)

What are you smiling about-?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-smile-is-a-smile-or-is-it/730048/2 "2015-09-05T17:19:32Z")

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Your earlier thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763426) had an identical OP. It’s still not suitable for General Questions.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-smile-is-a-smile-or-is-it/730048/3 "2015-09-05T17:21:58Z")

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**Moderator Action**

This post is identical to the OP of this thread, which was moved to MPSIMS: [what are you smiling about-? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763426)

Since this is not a factual question, this copy is closed.