Posted by D.M. Procida on 11/16/26 11:36

Graeme Wall <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> > Underline means italics.
>
> Not on usenet.

It doesn't *mean* italics. It indicates that this is a place where the
author might have wanted to use italics, perhaps for emphasis, or
perhaps for a title, or a foreign word. But printers recognise
underlining to stand for italics, while asterisks are traditionally used
to indicate emphasis.

It's all a fairly movable feast on Usenet and always has been. No big
deal. Mostly, people are understood.

Daniele

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