Nikita

Just by reading the subject of this article, we were silently thinking as well, we were a little bit perplexed where this is heading: do you mean a below the radar logo that we all overlooked, the mathematical symbols (which John Langdon had wrote about in his Wordplay), or just a smart succinct answer like: the number zero.

Well, the only smart guess from us (if it is indeed a smart guess), would be the tic-tac-toe game? The gameboard itself – that criss-cross – is an ambigram with 4 distinct symmetry, and the symbols / players of ‘x’ and ‘o’, too, have similar 4-axis of symmetry.. Thus, even when played with two players sitting opposite each other, it could be understood and played smoothly.. That’s just our take though..

When we read your article, we wonder…. That’s quite smart. Well done! All of us, most of us, use emoticons ALL the time, and we never see it that way before. It is an observant eye (or two) you’ve got there. It was a good read with good explanation, examples and even the latest in emoticon evolution.

;P

salam (peace) and \m/
nagfa
singapore

Thanks for visiting Gmail Chat Fun at techrageo.us. There are a couple more articles on Gmail emoticons there, including New Gmail Chat Smilies. FWIW, some of the emoticons–such as the crab or “more cowbell”–are not ambigrams.

Anyhow, nice article. You should edit the Wikipedia ambigram article to mention emoticons.

-bill