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Smile language :-) | Well done!

Dees — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:12:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Dees
Post title: Well done!

There are some real good spotters of fake smiles here! :grin:

Yes, I am like you, Tamara, genuine smiles make me laugh out loud.

So anyone out there who scored 20/20 apart from Trevor in his dreams? :wink:

Heike, I agree with you, it may not be 100% accurate.

I found there were some really tricky ones, and it doesn't really help when they come back to their original 'non-smiling faces'...

Thanks Diana for the link! :-) I did the test about the level of disgust.... what is that tooth disease???

A bit off-topic from this off-topic post, have you ever noticed where people look when talking to you or someone else? And did you notice a difference between native speakers and non native speakers of the language used during that conversation? I always found it interesting... :-)

Have a great Sunday (don't work tomorrow, right?)!

[Edited at 2006-04-30 16:13]

Smile language :-) | 15 out of 20

heikeb (X) — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:06:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: heikeb (X)
Post title: 15 out of 20

However, I wonder whether not all of the smiles are "fake" since the people obviously were posed all in the same spot directly in front of the camera and probably asked to smile on command... How genuine can that be?
Or maybe they told them funny story to make them smile? ;-)

Smile language :-) | 13 out of 20

Zhoudan — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:42:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Zhoudan
Post title: 13 out of 20

not too bad

Smile language :-) | 16- 20 :)

laura castori — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:25:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: laura castori
Post title: 16- 20 :)

some of those ppl freaked me out LOL.....

Smile language :-) | 13 out of 20

diana bb — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:14:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: diana bb
Post title: 13 out of 20

...but then I took another test... and another... and another... It's addictive!!!
Oh, and in case you would like to learn what sex your brain is
or test your disgust, here is the full list of surveys:

[url removed]

Have fun!

Diana

Smile language :-) | 9 out of 20

Maaike van Vlijmen — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:22:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Maaike van Vlijmen
Post title: 9 out of 20

:-(
I thought most were fake...

Smile language :-) | 14/20

Irina Romanova-Wasike — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:50:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Irina Romanova-Wasike
Post title: 14/20

Counted some fake ones for genuine... I'm too optimistic

Smile language :-) | 8/20

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:51:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
Post title: 8/20

:-)

G

Smile language :-) | 15 out of 20

Ana Lombao — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:42:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Ana Lombao
Post title: 15 out of 20

I thought I would have been worse! So it was not that bad.

LOL,

Ana

Smile language :-) | 12/20

EmmanuelleAn (X) — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:03:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: EmmanuelleAn (X)
Post title: 12/20

I thought I would have done better :-)

Smile language :-) | 17 out of 20

Clare Barnes — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:59:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Clare Barnes
Post title: 17 out of 20

...but my boyfriend got 13 out of 20. Could lead to some interesting discussions!! Is there a gender divide in the results here on ProZ?

Smile language :-) | 14 out of 20

Zeinab Asfour — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:50:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Zeinab Asfour
Post title: 14 out of 20

14 out of 20 :)

hmm..thought I could get a better result :)

Very interesting link :)

Thank you

Smile language :-) | 13 out of 20

Katrin Lueke (X) — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:35:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Katrin Lueke (X)
Post title: 13 out of 20

I thought I would have been better...

Thanks a lot, it was great fun!

Smile language :-) | 15 out of 20...

Jari Vesterinen — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:34:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Jari Vesterinen
Post title: 15 out of 20...

...which I thought was pretty good. Thanks, Mitsuko, for a nice little break from the arduous tasks of translation!

Jari

Smile language :-) | Thanks, Mitsuko!

Erik Hansson — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:11:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Erik Hansson
Post title: Thanks, Mitsuko!

Thanks a lot Mitsuko for this nice little link. We all need something for the break.
I was surprised to have reached 17 out 20 - thought it would be much harder to determine genuine from fake.

Erik

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Smile language :-) | 16 out of 20

Nicola Nobili — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:05:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Nicola Nobili
Post title: 16 out of 20

Not bad... Thanks for the link, I have already informed all my friends about it.

Nick

Smile language :-) | 20 out of 20

Trevor Butcher — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:55:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Trevor Butcher
Post title: 20 out of 20

...in my dreams, 12 in reality :-)

So the question is, of how many smiles on people's pictures on the ProZ site are genuine? Mine is, but I wouldn't trust my judgement beyond that.

Trevor

Smile language :-) | Brilliant link!!!

Giulia Barontini — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:37:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Giulia Barontini
Post title: Brilliant link!!!

Thank you so much Mitsuko for contributing the link.
It was interesting to find out that I'm one of the bad spotters of fake smiles...I only scored 10 out of 20! To think that I've always taken pride in being good at detecting liars... ... ... Really depressing indeed...but now I've learned my lesson!!! ;o)

Cheers,
Giulia

Smile language :-) | 18 out of 20!

texjax DDS PhD — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:36:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: texjax DDS PhD
Post title: 18 out of 20!

18 out of 20!
it was fun!

ciao
tex

Smile language :-) | Nice one!

Marius Reika — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:01:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Marius Reika
Post title: Nice one!

17 out of 20

Enterteining indeed :D.
Thanks Mitsuko!

Marius

Smile language :-) | 18 out of 20

Tamara Sinobad — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:07:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Tamara Sinobad
Post title: 18 out of 20

Genuine smiles make me smile too so it was easy to guess.
Thanks for sharing the link :)

Smile language :-)

Dees — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:54:00 +0000

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Topic: Smile language :-)
Poster: Dees

A new BBC Two series looks at what happiness is and whether it can be measured.

Are you truly happy or are you just faking it? See if you can spot the real smiles amongst the Cheshire cats.
[url removed]

It's quite fun! I got 14 out of 20. What about you?

Cheeeese! :-)