Pardon my ignorance, but....

@getnbuy (1312)
United States
August 11, 2008 8:24am CST
I'm somehow out of the loop. I don't know what (em) means. fill me in, ok?
2 responses
Marie Anne
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
11 Aug 08
It is the start or end of an emoticon (smiley face). You don't normally see the 'em' in a discussion here, but I think they show up that way in your email and in PMs for some reason.
getnbuy
@getnbuy (1312)
• United States
17 Aug 08
Thankyou to both of you! Now I know I am not so out of touch as I thought.
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sconibear
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
11 Aug 08
(em) is the HTML opening tag for an emoticon.....like a smiley face. so somebody put an emoticon in their discussion, but for some reason it doesn't show up, so you just see the code...(em) and (/em)