what does this mean.... :o or something like that?

It's supposed to be a little face Bornagain !
In the event of no 'smileys' to use on this forum we use the keyboards keys to make smiley faces !!!!
You can make smiley or sad or shocked faces :))

they're just sideways, that's all.
lol can definitely mean lots of love, laugh-out-loud or indeed little old lady-hee (sorry, that was me yodelling)

btw is by the way,
fyi is for yr information
fps is fer pete's sake

but i don't use the blasphemous or crude ones bcos if u ask me they are : (((( !

I didn't even know those ones existed Weeding !

hehe
rotfl
rolling on the floor laughing

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Now that one i DID know :)))

YW is Your Welcome ! Im sure ul soon find out more about text talk the more u come on to GOY ,Growsonyou :)

Didn't know YW either !

Maybe we should have an index of them !
Or, how about actual smileys, they convey things best of all :)

OOH yes
im a smiley holic on my emails
and kisses on here
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we should put in a request for them

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Like you, when I first came on here I thought everybody was over-friendly saying lots of love all the time! (I've never ever sent or received a text so am not up on these things). Decided to ask my granddaughter and after she picked herself up off the floor she gave me a lesson including smiley and sad faces! :))

i know what you mean about not knowing .my youngest son once got bit by a dog so i text to tell my eldest son who was away.he text back lol i thought it meant lots of love but after speaking to him later he meant laugh out loud.brotherly love eh.

:-) someone smiling
:-p sticky out tongue
;-) a wink
:-o shocked/gobsmacked
;-/ confused
and i think this ones angry :-%

oh and sad :-(

And all this because there is no facility for adding smileys to messages other than the old fashioned make it up yourself, though ;-) means a wink and a smile to me. As for lol, well, I thought the same as you, because the first time I saw it in a text message, it was my son saying lots of love. I eventually realised it also meant laugh out loud.

All is now clear, thanks :))))

hi Bornagain welcome to GoY i was the same hadn`t got a clue but u soon get the hang of it. Took me 20 mins to make a face Lol.Hi Weeding thought l heard a bit of old Frank Ifield there maybe ur to young to no him Lol:~))))))

8-/ is rolling your eyes.
<:-O is surprised.
>:-( is angry.

welcome to GoY. :oD

Wow, I've learnt a lot today :-)))

I am going to contact Peter and Ajay to see if we can have smileys on here

if we all do it we may well get them
I know a clever bunny has maybe if we all ask we will get them for sure

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Who are Peter and Anjay? How are they contacted? I feel like a complete dumbo ,':>( I've just found my inbox 8-/ doh..

hehe They are the ones who either own the site or run the site something like that. You can contact them at the bottom of the page where it says contact us.
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dont feel like a dumbo if you dont ask you will never know

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I quite like the no smileys actually, esp no moving ones which i find too distracting, or am I alone in that?
Mookins, i'll have to google Frank Ifield now!
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I will too now weeding as im curious

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Ah, Frank Ifield, the yodelling singer - I can hear him now in my unfortunately all too long memory!

hehe... I looked him up
never heard of him
dont recognise the songs although Im sure if I heard them Id probably recognise them

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All right Mookins, no need to rub it in;-)

Don't remember the name but I do vaguely remember the yodelling.....gosh! That was eons ago......Sorry Bamboo......he he he .....

To me it is 'laugh out loud'.

how about "lots of lobelia"? Which incidentally I don't have since my helpful son took the shears to them (he saw a fly sitting on one apparently)

or "ladybird on lettuce"? There must be some more GOY-customised ones we can work on?

Lots of learning?

I like the no-smilies GoY personnally. More creative to do your own ;-) I also do:-

x-) and x-D....I'll keep you guessing with those!

Peter and Ajay run GoY - they are friendly guys and if you have a problem with GoY you can send them a message (link at bottom of page) and they will usually get back to you very quickly by PM (personal message) or e-mail. They both do regular blogs and it's worth marking them as 'favourites' so that you get all the GoY news, such as if they've updated or changed something on the site. Peter also keeps us updated of what plants are mentioned on Gardeners World. 654wszaq he he - sorry about that - dropped teh keyboard LOL

Sid, I think I agree. I belonged to a "dog lovers" web site where smileys were used, but as some of the members were not very nice (nasty) the smileys were used in a snide, bullying way, perhaps smileys is not quite the word? Mookins, I followed your lead and asked for smileys ;-( do you think I'll appear somewhat indecisive if I get back in touch with Peter and Anjay saying please no smileys? Everyone is so nice and friendly on here I should hate it to alter in any way.

They are also called Emoticons I think - as in emotion-icons if you want to get all teckie!!

BTW it's Ajay - not Anjay ;-) but I'm sure he won't be offended lol