As for credit card rejection messages, I think that's it: just rejected. I don't think there is any type of explanation, as this might be private information (do you want a company to know that you haven't paid your bill in 20 years? or that you went over your limit? or that you need to confirm an order?).


This rich edit box isn't very good. But then again, none of the others are either.

:/ (forward slash) or :\ (backslash) usually means something along the lines of "undecided". In this case, according to the alternative text, it means "unsure". It is supposed to look like two eyes (sideways) with a mouth that's up on one side and down on the other. I guess some people look like that when they aren't sure about something.

Emoticon is a portmanteau of emote + icon. An emote (from emotion) is a type of exclamation or anything suggestive of emotion, such as a smiley or a series of exclamation points. Emoticon is usually pronounced like Ē`mō`t`con (IPA: /iːməʊtəkɒn/), with a long e and first o. The second o is soft. The i is ə (the sound the e in roses makes) -- sort of a softer "uh" sound.