Gerhard,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru-moji does contain what are mostly
used by "gyaru".
（*´▽｀*) are not included in the above URL, as it is not gyaru-moji.
And, stuffs like キΜ━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!! are well known as
being used by "mania", for example in the notorius 2channel.
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:34:55 +0100
Gerhard Fasol <fasol_at_eurotechnology.com> wrote:
> > I'd heard that Japanese faces can be inscrutable, but I never
> > expected this:
> >
> > （*´▽｀*)
>
> On Aug 16, 2006, at 15:02 , Don Kratzer wrote:
>
> >
> > Has this been discussed here ????
> >
> > --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru-moji
>
> Actually - NO!
>
> （*´▽｀*) are not gal-moji, they are just the Japanse style
> computer smilies like :) or ;)
> in US and Europe. Japan has a different smieiles.
> （*´▽｀* etc are not girl-moji - these Japanese style smilies are
> in all the keitai software.
> If you have a FOMA phone, and you don't switch to English mode, then
> you'll find these
> Japanese style smilies in one of the input tables
>
> Gerhard
>
>
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