Google| Subject | Re: Will Tony apologize?? (was: Re: Colonial Photo & Hobby) |
| From | Tony Cooper |
| Date | 05/01/2014 17:02 (05/01/2014 11:02) |
| Message-ID | <sdo4m9dcbg7a31nngperdsahce4pum5v5q@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Sandman |
| Followups | Sandman (2m) > Tony Cooper |
On 1 May 2014 14:46:56 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:
SandmanIf you actually read the article, the thrust is that bold face, italics, or underlining is the preferable treatment. None of those options are available to us when we post here.
In article <rml4m99b769q3men3duo19kllqcirl9l1s@4ax.com>, Andreas Skitsnack wrote:Tony CooperSandman
We are denied the use of italics or underlining in newsgroup postings, so we resort to other conventions to emphasize a word or phrase. Some call them "emphasis quotes" and some call them "scare quotes".
Funny link: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002796.html
"Emphatic quotation marks are usually mocked as an illiteratism; but in any case, they aren't standard"
Ironic :)
-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
04/14/2014-
