Posted by Graeme Wall on 11/16/82 11:36

In message <michelle-B77AD2.13275104012006@news.west.cox.net>
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <BFE1DF25.1414E2%chrisridd@mac.com>,
> Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > > It has meant italics for at least the fifteen years I've been on
> > > usenet.
> >
> > We've been around about the same time then, and I still haven't seen
> > them used that way.
>
> different newsgroups maybe?

Can't see that the newsgroup would make a difference, it is what the
newsreader does that counts

> Of course, if someone uses slashes and someone else uses underscores, it's
> to bring attention to what's between them; however, we really don't know
> what the poster had meant by them, do we--and does it really matter
> whether I emphasize with /slashes/, with _underscores_, or with
> *asterisks*? You know that it's for emphasis.

Very true

>
> About the only time it might make a difference is if you're typing
> something that would be italicized in print, such as the title of a book.
>

Which is useful to know.

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website:
<http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/index.html>

[Back to original message]