2007-05-18

Squirrel

Yesterday i discovered (with some help ;-) the latest hidden emoticon:

(heidy) = (heidy)

And for those who are new to Skype, here are the other hidden ones:

(mooning) = (mooning)

(finger) = (finger)

(bandit) = (bandit)

(drunk) = (drunk)

(smoking) = (ci)

(toivo) = (toivo)

(rock) = (rock)

(banghead) = (headbang)

(hrv) = (poolparty)

(swear) = (swear)

(bug) = (bug)

(heidy) = (fubar)

(tmi) = (tmi)

Some explanations:
(toivo) = Toivo Annus is the name of a former Skype Staff member. He was head of engineering. His "signature" on the Skype Forum was "Dog ate my headset"!

(heidy) = is probably also a Skype Staff member or at least somebody related with Skype. I found this phrase on the Skype Blogs: "I just got off a video test call from a Lufthansa flight over the Atlantic on Boeing Connexion wifi service. I saw Heidy waving to me from the cafeteria in Tallinn."

(kate) = is an alternative to a known and shown emoticon. Try it! But who is this? There was a Skype Staff member called Kate. You can find her 3 posts under the Skype Forum name "Skype-Kate_"

(london) = is also an alternative to a known and shown emoticon. Quite funny!

8 comments:

Martin said...

There is another emoticon (poolparty), but you better dont ask about the reason for this one ;)

Jean Mercier said...

Hey Martin,
I know it, but perhaps YOU know the reason and could tell us what you know ;-)

matteo said...

Try also (flag:it) (flag:de) etc

Jean Mercier said...

Matteo,

Thanks for the hint, probably some readers don't know it, but indeed country flags are already available since several months as "hidden emoticons".

Indeed (flag:be), (flag:br), (flag:us), etc. are available in your chats.

m said...

wow!! this is so cool....love using sm of em on my skype chats..esp the bandit , swear and the rock one.....gr8888
thnksss

Nakamura said...

thanks for the squirrel smiley :D :D

Anonymous said...

You also forgot about MySpace...

(myspace)

Jean Mercier said...

The (myspace) was added months later compared to my original blogpost.

Thanks anyway to mention it.