Scott Fahlman is widely recognized as founding pioneer of emoticons. His sequential use of a colon, dash and close parens to form a smiley :-) was an effort to mark posts which should not be taken too seriously. However, was he truly the first? Based on the transcript from a speech Lincoln gave in 1862, one has to wonder if it was Abe’s attempt at humor, or just a typo. [READ ARTICLE]