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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Michael Cole  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I think that somewhere inside that rusty old brain I knew that, but it   
   didn't occur to me to use italics for emphasis in this context, I   
   suppose.   
      
   > Some newsreaders will interpret and display them as such.   
      
   Well, mine doesn't. :P   
      
      
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