On Feb 23, 2011, at 12:47 PM, steve harley wrote: > On 2011-02-23 02:01 , Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Why slashes? Because in >> Thunderbird (and I thought it was standard, whereas I am probably wrong) >> the following applies: _underline_, *bold*, /italics/. Since _underline_ >> is for links and *bold* is for emphasis thus what remains is /italics/ >> for emotions. > > since long before Thunderbird, i've clung to the notion that _underscore_ > indicates italics, but you've made me suddenly question that ...
I've always treated *stars* _underscores_ and CAPS each as a means of emphasis, though often what caps emphasize is THE COMPLETE CLUELESSNESS OF SOMEONE WHO LEAVES THE CAPSLOCK ON. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
