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Posted by Paul Sture on 10/14/12 11:36
Chris Ridd wrote:
> On 4/1/06 1:42, in article ghQuf.94981$J11.2074264@wagner.videotron.net,
> "NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
>>*I·tal·ic
>>*/adj./
>>
>> 1. Of or relating to ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures.
>> 2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family
>> that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance
>> languages.
>> 3. *italic* Of or being a style of printing type patterned on a
>> Renaissance script with the letters slanting to the right: This
>> sentence is printed in italic type.
>>
>>/n./
>>
>> 1. The Italic branch of Indo-European.
>> 2. Italic print or typeface. Often used in the plural.
>>
>>(Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,
>>Fourth Edition)
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> I was wondering if Michelle was referring to an old typewriter practice of
> using underlines because italic characters weren't available.
>
I know my eyesight ain't perfect, but I've always seen those as
underlined characters.
Perhaps she didn't see an IBM Golfball in action?
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