Why does "(b)" become a smiley?

[BurgessLau]

Sometimes when I am typing an internal list -- such as: xxxxx: (a) xxxxx, ( xxxx -- and then I do a preview, I get a smiley in place of the "(". How can I avoid the smiley and still keep the "("? Or must I write around the problem by using some other item designation such as "first," "second," and so forth?

Ah, it is happening again. Where you see the smiley, I placed the lowercase letter "b" and a right-paren.

[ex_banana-eater]

You can click "enable emoticons" off in your post options just below the message text box.

Example:

(

(Edit to add a test)

Edited February 13, 2005 by ex_banana-eater

[non-contradictor]

You could also try simply b. or b] if you prefer to leave smileys enabled. Also, if you don't leave a space after the paretheses, the smiley will not appear.

Example:

(b)blahblah

edited to fix example

Edited February 13, 2005 by non-contradictor

[IDC]

You are getting is because capital-B is glasses and lower case b is a monacle.

(look at it sideways)