This Darn Smiley Face

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Could you pretty, pretty please change the forum code so that...

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8)

... does not result in a smiley face? As follows: 8)

Sometimes I'd like to write a list of numbers without a smiley face ;)

(1)
(2)
(3)
...
(8)
(9)

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In fact, may I recommend that we change the "code" for ALL the smileys?

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:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(

A colon and a parenthesis should or could be spaced with a hyphen. And three successive question marks is a common enough occurrence that a writer may prefer them over a smiley.