Who took off the 'smiley face' icon, probably the most often used simile? Now I have to go searching for it. I know I can use the keyboard but really...?
What happened to the similes?
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simile = a symbol or figure of speech. Ω
smiley = an emoticon, especially a smiling facial glyph used to express delight or to indicate humor or irony.
spelling = a lost art.
smiley = an emoticon, especially a smiling facial glyph used to express delight or to indicate humor or irony.
spelling = a lost art.
Spell check = an underutilized (albeit extremely simple) utility.Spell check = a new art.
Clarification: Angry face is not directed at you, jj2, but at the decline of western civilization. I thought your contribution was
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When I was younger, I could spell quite well. Now it seems that I need to use "spell check" a lot.
It's good to not rely too heavily on spell check. It will let a correctly spelled, but misplaced word go unchecked. I borrowed the following from associatedcontent.com
Spell check has no problems with that quote.
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You can also make a smiley by typing a colon : and then a parenthesis ). If you type them together the forum software makes it into the smiley icon.
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Since I (obviously) am fussy about such things, I also shift-F7 (thesaurus) on any word I'm not sure of. If a synonym of 'see' is not 'ocean', I hunt around until I find 'sea'.
Ya join the Navy to see the world,
whaddya see, ya see the sea.
JerryDaBoomVape. (yup, me too, Don).
whaddya see, ya see the sea.
JerryDaBoomVape. (yup, me too, Don).
I thought when you were younger, grunts were used to form sentences. Then again, I guess there were those vowels.....and proper emphasis
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Ok TV, that's enough out of you 
!!!! I'm beginning to think that you are after my job on this forum !! 
!!!! I'm beginning to think that you are after my job on this forum !! 
simile = a symbol or figure of speech. Ω
smiley = an emoticon, especially a smiling facial glyph used to express delight or to indicate humor or irony.
spelling = a lost art.
<sigh> too true.
I might possibly be one of the worst spellers in history. I got my degrees using spell check and grammer check with Word Perfect. I will not use anything now. It's making me stupid all over again when I do. This way I will still mess up, but I have to take the time and think about it. I find that as long as people know what I am saying that it's good enough. Truly bad grammer is a distraction, but this isn't English class so I am really not too worried about it.
Technically, aren't all smilies similes? No, I suppose they're symbols. But ...
is most definitely a dang dondaboom dangling ending of a sentence with a preposition oopsy ... red pencils, anyone? En guard!
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Yes, I ended the sentence ["...on any word I'm not sure of."] with a preposition. My high school English teacher would have rapped my knuckles for it. The alternative, however was: "...on any word, of which I'm not sure." Sounds stilted. Touche!
I like clarity in communication, not stuffiness (although I realize that some perceive me as stuffy about this...stuff, so to speak).
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