Steampunk Emoticons

[5tephe]

Hmmm. I would have said

OQ for goggles. Or perhaps O-Q_

Perhaps the people talking over in the duelling thread would like to shoot each other with their

jo=== flintlocks?

Or their Etheric beam pistols?

px==<-

[Dreamsmith]

I do believe that a retooling of the overused "ORLY" is required. Stop

I propose "IS" which equates to "I say." Stop

The old response was "YARLY" Stop

The new response should be "QS" or "Quite So." Stop

Pure.
Gold.

[S.Sprocket]

Wait till you see steampunk spam in your in boxes, observe:

Code:

Are you a gentleman of taste who requires satisfaction of your more base desire? stop

Have sold out Burlesque shows left you out in the cold? stop

Then ByJ we have something truely fantastical for you to behold!
-_Q  stop

Scantaly clad women viewable through your very own Aetherscope carried to you over the invisible Aetherweb! stop
-----
We carry a wide selection of the finest snake oils promised to invigorate your bedroom activites and aid in the loosing of extra weight!
-----
Please send all monies to Prince Najir of Nigeria as he desparately needs to confound his government by laundering his money in offshore accounts.

my finger already twitches above the "delete" key on my typing interface...

[Josh of Vernian Process]

ByJ,

That was classic!!

 

Wait till you see steampunk spam in your in boxes, observe:

Code:

Are you a gentleman of taste who requires satisfaction of your more base desire? stop

Have sold out Burlesque shows left you out in the cold? stop

Then ByJ we have something truely fantastical for you to behold!
-_Q  stop

Scantaly clad women viewable through your very own Aetherscope carried to you over the invisible Aetherweb! stop
-----
We carry a wide selection of the finest snake oils promised to invigorate your bedroom activites and aid in the loosing of extra weight!
-----
Please send all monies to Prince Najir of Nigeria as he desparately needs to confound his government by laundering his money in offshore accounts.

my finger already twitches above the "delete" key on my typing interface...

[5tephe]

Re: Steamspam.

... can't breathe...
Too much funny!

S.Sprocket, my heartfelt applause to you.

[Kabuki]

I love this...  stop
Anyone know how to write a script which would scan a post and exchange a '.' (period) with ' stop'? stop

[arcane]

I love this...  stop
Anyone know how to write a script which would scan a post and exchange a '.' (period) with ' stop'? stop

There's a function included in most bulletin board software that allows word filters, but the admins would have to implement that.

[MrFats]

hmm...how about
GSOC-good show, old chap?

or what the dickens? -wtd (hmm...don't know about this one..but it could replace a certain, unsavory phrase used by some unscrupulous characters)

[S.Sprocket]

This is a solid developing component of our culture, should this be sticky?

[TheClockWorkWasteland]

VF should stand for "very flash," which featured prominently in The Difference Engine. stop  I looked up the actual word, and rather than denoting "coolness" or "snazziness," it is more specifically "Sporting." stop  VF indeed, byJ, btb stop


BTC is another way to take care of the unscrupulous use of a divine being's name.  BTC= By the Cogs!

[S.Sprocket]

Wow, I had forgotten about Very Flash,  I'm going to have to start using that in my regular lexicon.  VF indeed sir. ^_Q

[MrFats]

gsoc, gsoc..indeed this topic is very flash..hmm

I think this should be stickied stop.. If everyone wants, I shall compose a document stop containing all of the emoticons and shorthand stop.

[Sir Andrew]

By Jove!
I never would have never thought that this thread would take off the way it has... And my own, humble monocle has risen the ranks to adorn even the luminous face of our main moderator, TinkerGirl. ^_Q 

-O=O-  Your goggles, Madam!
 l^_^l

BTC is another way to take care of the unscrupulous use of a divine being's name.  BTC= By the Cogs!

As odd as this sounds, I had also considered this phrase before... Great minds must think alike, Mr. Wasteland!

[S.Sprocket]

So now the challenge:

first person to make a complete paragraph using every single steampunk textual convention contained herein deserves a cog shaped cookie!

[MrFats]

well, Mr. Sprocket, I shall accept that challenge!

"So, we must speak like this from here on?" said he stop "QS, said I stop " -.Q "Well, good sir, this is very flash" said he. "BJ, this is quite interesting stop An airship rushed by, blowing our hats off stop "wtd?" said he stop "btc!" said i stop "that is the airship of the SPF! stop
picking up our hats, and regaining our composure, we approached the landing vessel stop "btb, do you know this fellow?" asked he? "qs, i do" said i stop out he stepped, -O=O-  whilst we smoked our perriques   
 *                                        l^_^l
*
(_)______ -_Q           as we approached, we tipped our hats to the gent stop          _[]_ -_Q     _//_  -.Q
 
"gsoc, good show" i said to the gent in the airship, as he stepped out stop "that was some excellent flying" stop

[S.Sprocket]

That was amazing!! 

Steampunk 1337 speak?!

ByJ

[MrFats]

Thank you, Sir. I appreciate the praise, and I would rather not look at this as such a debasement of language..rather, it should be viewed as short hand.

[Lazaras]

I had just experienced a minor revelation on a forum idiom that needs a SP makeover.


'edit'

You know what I mean right? Finish a well thought out post only to discover too late that you forgot to make an all important yet unwritten point, or that you forgot to go through to correct any of the more glaring misspellings(God bless Firefox's spell checker). Why not replace 'edit' with 'Postscript'? It feels more in line with the theme, now doesn't it?

[Sir Andrew]

By Jove, you're right!

I had never thought of that.

[5tephe]

Oh, well frankly- I already use "P.S."

It's just SO much classier.
(As well as being shorter, and a well recognised convention!)

[Cheyenne Wright]

I'm not sure this has been posted here before stop

But in the chance that it has not I draw your attention to http://www.retro-gram.com stop

the Aethergram in particular stop

they once offered a service that would also mail your missive by regular post stop

the final product was quite flash stop

sadly I can find no such offer now stop

[Lazaras]

A true pity as its little things like that that are just out of the ordinary enough to be appreciated as well as normal enough to not get more than a passing glance by those who don't understand the meaning.

[S.Sprocket]

http://www.retro-gram.com/deluxe.html

50 dollars for your telegram to be made physical, framed, and mailed.

[Cheyenne Wright]

yes but they also used to provide a simple mail service at a reasonable $3.

What you got wasn't printed on aged paper, but it was very attractive and ingeniously folded. I reverse engineered it once -- perhaps I should dust it off and make a pdf for the Steam Community

[S.Sprocket]

or, perhaps you and I can find some coders and create a small telegram business and give these guys a run for thier money?