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I just came across a rather "odd" subject related to flags (maybe that's my first impression but as I red the article it seems that this "naming" or "identification" system has been use for quite a while. It began with software developers and systems engineers. Text Flags One new patriotic variant is the text flag. These are usually represented inside a pair of close brackets symbols, to indicate a flag flying in the breeze ) ). Tricolors are obviously a problem, so alternatives are used, such as )(7 ), meant to represent the Irish harp Source: Wikipedia: Emoticon Text Flags
Esteban Rivera, 19 September 2005

)*=) United States of America

)=o=) Argentina

)I+I) Canada

)->:I<:-) United Kingdom

)X) Scotland

)*+) Australia

)*>:-) Philippines

)<:o>:) Brazil

)>:-) South-Africa

)C*=) Malaysia

)-+-) Finland

)#==) Spain

) // ) Congo

) \\\ ) Trinidad & Tobago

) \=/ ) Antiqua & Barbuda


_\  Nepal
_\

)-+-) Finland, Sweden, Denmark (or) )+-)

)=*=) Israel

) | ) Portugal

)###) Bavaria

)+) Switzerland

)☭ ) Soviet Union

):(S):) South Korea

<:O>:) Brazil

)=c*=) Azerbaijan

)>:==) Bahamas

)|Y|) or )|Ψ|) Barbados

)*|-) Guinea Bissau

)=#=) Croatia

)=**=) Syria

)=***=) Iraq

)A//) Lesotho

)+| ) Malta

)*// ) Namibia

)*--) Nauru

)|C*) Pakistan

).:.) Nicronesia

) * ) Somalia (or maybe Vietnam)

)|V|) St. Vincent

) C* ) Turkey

)|==) UAE

)@>:--) Vanuatu

)|X) The Vatican

) ) Libya

)*: ) Peoples Republic of China

|===| El Salvador

( � ( Flanders (reverse hoist)

) | | ) Tricolors

)=xxx=) Amsterdam

List compiled by Estaban Rivera, Santiago Dotor, Ned Smith, Nathan Lamm, Albert Kirsch, Jorge Candeias, Marcus E.V. Schm�ger, Pascal Gross, Ant�nio Martins-Tuv�lkin, James Dignan, Terence Martin, Jan Mertens, 19-22 September 2005