I notice that I use the wink­ing smi­ley face most of the time when I use a smi­ley.  To me, it implies tongue-in-cheek humor.  But I have never WINKED at any­one in my life.  When some­one IMs or E-mails you with a wink­ing smi­ley face, do you read that as them lit­er­ally wink­ing at you?

I am sure this ques­tion will be a dis­ser­ta­tion for some­one in a cou­ple of years.

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