What Emoticons are Popular in your Country but Confusing to Others?

[Aditya Gavit]

In India, the emoticon "OTL" is popular and represents a person kneeling or bowing down in despair, which can be confusing to others who might not see the human figure in it. Share yours!

 

[dracuella]

I'm not sure it's a particularly Danish thing but as I looked through my messages to my friends, I realised that I use the emoji a lot more with my DK friends than anyone else. It doesn't mean love but is synonymous with 'You are such a nice person', 'I appreciate you', 'thanks for trying', etc. My bf does it, too, even to his coworkers - perhaps this is a Danish thing? None of my non-Danish friends do this and one of them said a guy sending a heart to another guy would definitely feel awkward.

Another one is Dannebrog, the Danish flag. If you see a it is very rarely a sign of national pride (unless the sender is a football fan - they fall outside any sort of category >_>). It is almost always used as a celebration of a person's birthday since having loads of flags is how we decorate for that. If you pass a house with Danish flags lining the driveway, you can be 100% sure it's someone's birthday

 

[mdchachi]

In India, the emoticon "OTL" is popular and represents a person kneeling or bowing down in despair, which can be confusing to others who might not see the human figure in it. Share yours!

I wasn't aware of this one. I didn't see it at first. Wouldn't oTL be better? The head is more proportionate this way.

I'm not sure it's a particularly Danish thing but as I looked through my messages to my friends, I realised that I use the emoji a lot more with my DK friends than anyone else. It doesn't mean love but is synonymous with 'You are such a nice person', 'I appreciate you', 'thanks for trying', etc. My bf does it, too, even to his coworkers - perhaps this is a Danish thing? None of my non-Danish friends do this and one of them said a guy sending a heart to another guy would definitely feel awkward.

Another one is Dannebrog, the Danish flag. If you see a it is very rarely a sign of national pride (unless the sender is a football fan - they fall outside any sort of category >_>). It is almost always used as a celebration of a person's birthday since having loads of flags is how we decorate for that. If you pass a house with Danish flags lining the driveway, you can be 100% sure it's someone's birthday

I use on messages to mean "super like." Or "like with heartfelt emotion." For example if I see a post about somebody's baby taking their first steps I'd be more likely to use the heart than the thumbs up.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I want these for when a new member joins here to post spam.