Comments on: Kisses and hugs (updated) http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: georgey http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54689 georgey Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:53:15 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54689 Darling, you are right and Scott is most definiately and unreservedly..Wrong ! Darling, you are right and Scott is most definiately and unreservedly..Wrong !

]]> By: CherylR http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54374 CherylR Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:27:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54374 I've always thought--no, assumed--that x's were kisses and o's were hugs. How can an x ever be a hug? You don't cross your arms--you wrap your arms around someone, enclose them gently--like an o. I'm totally with you on this one! And it was fun to read. :) I’ve always thought–no, assumed–that x’s were kisses and o’s were hugs. How can an x ever be a hug? You don’t cross your arms–you wrap your arms around someone, enclose them gently–like an o. I’m totally with you on this one! And it was fun to read. :)

]]> By: Patrick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54159 Patrick Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:17:45 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54159 You know, it's awkward when you go in for an X and she's only giving an O... You know, it’s awkward when you go in for an X and she’s only giving an O…

]]> By: Diana http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54137 Diana Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:19:30 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54137 The X are the kisses. I can't believe this is even a debate. Back when people couldn't write, they would put an X (the sign of a cross) on a piece of paper and would have someone kiss it, signifying an oath to christ that they would abide by whatever it was they were signing. Thus it came to be that X would signify that the paper had been kissed. So on love letters, they would put Xs to show kisses... and so on... The X are the kisses. I can’t believe this is even a debate.

Back when people couldn’t write, they would put an X (the sign of a cross) on a piece of paper and would have someone kiss it, signifying an oath to christ that they would abide by whatever it was they were signing.

Thus it came to be that X would signify that the paper had been kissed. So on love letters, they would put Xs to show kisses… and so on…

]]> By: janet http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54135 janet Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:15:21 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54135 Okay, here's the weirdest answer yet. Me: Hey, Matt, when something says "XXXOOO," which is the hug and which is the kiss? Matt: I don't know. Me: How can you not know? Matt: Um...I don't know. Me: Well, what do you guess? Matt: I have no idea. Me: Just try. Matt: I really have no idea. He wouldn't even guess. I have married a very strange man. Okay, here’s the weirdest answer yet.

Me: Hey, Matt, when something says “XXXOOO,” which is the hug and which is the kiss?
Matt: I don’t know.
Me: How can you not know?
Matt: Um…I don’t know.
Me: Well, what do you guess?
Matt: I have no idea.
Me: Just try.
Matt: I really have no idea.

He wouldn’t even guess. I have married a very strange man.

]]> By: Shara Saunsaucie http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54134 Shara Saunsaucie Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:06:11 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54134 I'm glad you won, because you're right! :) So this is totally random, but I just finished reading your The Battle of Sexes in Science Fiction and posted my thoughts in my LJ. There's a particular question I had, which is one of the reasons I'm sharing the link with you, though I'd share it with you anyway, just in case you were interested. http://calico-reaction.livejournal.com/40496.html I really enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to reading Daughters of the Earth (and for that matter, when my book pile gets smaller, your fiction!) Cheers! :) I’m glad you won, because you’re right! :)

So this is totally random, but I just finished reading your The Battle of Sexes in Science Fiction and posted my thoughts in my LJ. There’s a particular question I had, which is one of the reasons I’m sharing the link with you, though I’d share it with you anyway, just in case you were interested.

http://calico-reaction.livejournal.com/40496.html

I really enjoyed it, and I’m looking forward to reading Daughters of the Earth (and for that matter, when my book pile gets smaller, your fiction!)

Cheers! :)

]]> By: PT Sefton http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54079 PT Sefton Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:43:08 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54079 Where I come from xxxx means beer. The Queensland Government allows us to put four kisses on messages only to recipients over the legal drinking age, which is 18 here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xxxx Where I come from xxxx means beer. The Queensland Government allows us to put four kisses on messages only to recipients over the legal drinking age, which is 18 here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xxxx

]]> By: Darice Moore http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54061 Darice Moore Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:01:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54061 x is kisses. o is hugs. We even have a children's book in which the grandma who lives far away sends her grandson "x kisses and o hugs" because she isn't there to give him real ones. x is kisses. o is hugs. We even have a children’s book in which the grandma who lives far away sends her grandson “x kisses and o hugs” because she isn’t there to give him real ones.

]]> By: Lauren Cerand http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54050 Lauren Cerand Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:13:57 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54050 There is a lovely poem that waxes philosophical on this very issue: "In XOXOXO, For example, Miss, which are the hugs And which the kisses? Does anybody know? I could argue either way..." http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16572 There is a lovely poem that waxes philosophical on this very issue: “In XOXOXO,

For example, Miss, which are the hugs

And which the kisses? Does anybody know?

I could argue either way…”
http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16572

]]> By: K http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54037 K Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:12:19 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54037 The O is a kiss! You pucker your lips, and it sort of makes and O. Plus, when you hug someone, you generally cross your arms. Scott and your friends are clearly right. The O is a kiss! You pucker your lips, and it sort of makes and O. Plus, when you hug someone, you generally cross your arms. Scott and your friends are clearly right.

]]> By: Ben Payne http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54030 Ben Payne Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:23:04 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54030 The X is a kiss. My partents told me this when I was a kid, and they would know, for in their day that was all you were allowed to do. Scott and your friend are clearly toying with you. Don't let them make you any drinks (: The X is a kiss. My partents told me this when I was a kid, and they would know, for in their day that was all you were allowed to do.

Scott and your friend are clearly toying with you. Don’t let them make you any drinks (:

]]> By: jessiegirl http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54027 jessiegirl Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:07:13 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54027 i thought x was kiss because it is clearly a visual of two mouths meeting, and therefore o had to be hug, it never occurred to me it could be something else. i thought x was kiss because it is clearly a visual of two mouths meeting, and therefore o had to be hug, it never occurred to me it could be something else.

]]> By: janet http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54022 janet Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:44:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54022 It seems a little redundant to say so at this point, but I, too, have always believed that the "x" stood for a kiss and the "o" for a hug. It seems a little redundant to say so at this point, but I, too, have always believed that the “x” stood for a kiss and the “o” for a hug.

]]> By: lili http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54019 lili Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:19:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54019 (of COURSE x's are kisses! as marrije pointed out - who ever signed a letter ooo!?) (of COURSE x’s are kisses! as marrije pointed out – who ever signed a letter ooo!?)

]]> By: lili http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54018 lili Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:18:14 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54018 this is the kind of earth-shaking thing that seriously turns your world upside-down. like realising that everyone else sees blue as red. or that your best friend prefers uni****s to zombies. this is the kind of earth-shaking thing that seriously turns your world upside-down. like realising that everyone else sees blue as red. or that your best friend prefers uni****s to zombies.

]]> By: Kimmy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54012 Kimmy Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:08:24 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54012 Also wikipedia says so too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugs_and_Kisses Also wikipedia says so too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugs_and_Kisses

]]> By: Kimmy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54011 Kimmy Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:06:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54011 x= kisses I know this and I'm French Canadian We always put xxx in cards for kisses. x= kisses I know this and I’m French Canadian
We always put xxx in cards for kisses.

]]> By: jenny davidson http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54010 jenny davidson Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:04:26 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54010 x is definitely the kiss, i have never heard such an outrageous thing as to suggest otherwise! x both visually conjures up two sets of lips joining and sort of onomatopoietically suggests the smacking sound of a good kiss! x is definitely the kiss, i have never heard such an outrageous thing as to suggest otherwise! x both visually conjures up two sets of lips joining and sort of onomatopoietically suggests the smacking sound of a good kiss!

]]> By: Ted Lemon http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-54008 Ted Lemon Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:56:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-54008 That's totally weird - I've never heard of anyone thinking that x's were hugs, and o's were kisses. Your friend and Scott need to find a new supplier, that's all I can say... That’s totally weird – I’ve never heard of anyone thinking that x’s were hugs, and o’s were kisses. Your friend and Scott need to find a new supplier, that’s all I can say…

]]> By: Jo http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-53993 Jo Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:12:30 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-53993 I always thought x's were kisses and o's were hugs, too! Of course, I always thought the cat in Pepe Le Pew was a boy, too, so what do I know? I always thought x’s were kisses and o’s were hugs, too!

Of course, I always thought the cat in Pepe Le Pew was a boy, too, so what do I know?

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-53991 orangedragonfly Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:55:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-53991 note: "offensive creature" was my paraphrase....didn't want to be banned from the blog for typing the word... :P note: “offensive creature” was my paraphrase….didn’t want to be banned from the blog for typing the word…

:P

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-53990 orangedragonfly Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:54:32 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-53990 i always thought x=kiss and o=hug. always. justine...i'm sorry to do this. i just had to share this because of the first line of the article. (although if you continue to read, the filmmaker himself admits he isn't crazy about the "offensive creature's" place in the film...) http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-08-09-fantasy-movies_N.htm :P i always thought x=kiss and o=hug. always.

justine…i’m sorry to do this. i just had to share this because of the first line of the article. (although if you continue to read, the filmmaker himself admits he isn’t crazy about the “offensive creature’s” place in the film…)

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-08-09-fantasy-movies_N.htm

:P

]]> By: El http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-53986 El Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:29:53 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-53986 AHA! http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=450133 AHA!

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=450133

]]> By: El http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-53985 El Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:28:10 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-53985 I'm American, and x's are definitely kisses and o's hugs. Now I guess I better go google. I’m American, and x’s are definitely kisses and o’s hugs. Now I guess I better go google.

]]> By: jennifer, aka literaticat http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/08/11/kisses-and-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-53983 jennifer, aka literaticat Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:21:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=747#comment-53983 damnation! though it pains me to admit this, it seems that i have been wrong <i>my whole life</i> *hate* damnation!

though it pains me to admit this,

it seems that i have been wrong my whole life

*hate*

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