# I need Gmail-safe emoticons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-gmail-safe-emoticons/426982>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-gmail-safe-emoticons/426982 "2007-11-19T01:21:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-gmail-safe-emoticons/426982/1 "2007-11-19T01:21:59Z")

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I feel stoopid admitting it, but I shoont.

We use emoticons here, so what’s infantile about using 'em with gmail?

But when I Google for this, I don’t get no results. So help me will ya? Some of youse are usin emoticons with your Gmail.

So, whaddya got?

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**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-gmail-safe-emoticons/426982/2 "2007-11-19T05:49:37Z")

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I have no idea what you’re talking about.

\<3 Tenebras