I know smileys are not part of written language (yet), and any questions about them are irrelevant to linguistics and are kind of not serious. So take my question with a smiley then.
It bugs me every time I'm facing this situation: if an insertion in parentheses ends with a smiley, what should I do?
- A lot of insertions in parentheses (well, if it's not Lisp :) ) can be annoying.
- A lot of insertions in parentheses (well, if it's not Lisp :)) can be annoying.
- A lot of insertions in parentheses (well, if it's not Lisp :) can be annoying.
I don't like any of the above. Any (clever) suggestions?