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   Sandman laid this down on his screen :   
      
   > On a side note, what's up with the slashes for emphasis? Where did you   
   > pick that up? I don't mind it, just curious. You seem to use it both   
   > for emphasis and quoting.   
      
   Slashes generally indicate that the text should be thought of as in   
   /italics/.  Just as *asterisks* for bold and _underlines_ for   
   underline.   
      
   Some newsreaders will interpret and display them as such.   
      
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