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He appeared September 19, 1982.
He was a professor of American thought at Carnegie Mellon University Scott Fahlman. It was he who suggested the use of three characters that come in a row - a colon, a hyphen and a closing bracket - to denote the ... org.
Here is his letter: ... Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use:-( ».
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19 September - International Day emoticon.