Re: English allative (was:Re: -s adverbs, bodoer Homo Sapiens (was: watered down fiery spirits)

--- J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:

> >** Personally, I'm going to stick to
> > underscores for indicating the level
> >of emphasis I in properly formatted text would
> >italicize. This leaves open
> >the possibility of contrasting
> >accentedification with
> >underscoring/italicization.
>
> IIRC it is a standard device in ASCIIified
> academic writing stylistics. John Cowan,
> Padraic, Roger, Ray, Herman, Dirk, etc., am I >
right?

The use of underscoring _is_ the commonly
accepted norm. That dòesn't mean we have to do it
that way, though! It's just a different way of
doing it. Like this kind of smiley ^_^ v. this
kind :) (I think the former is Japanese? It seems
to be common from folks who until quite recently
were known as Oriental, or Asian!)

The other generally accepted means are using
*stars* and SHOUTING VERY LOUDLY. Stars, of
course, have taken on a very particular kind of
emphasis in these lists and for the most part
aren't used like the underscore by many.

> In a message dated 2003:10:24 08:23:16 PM,
> Padraic writes:
>
> >You forgot the closing asterix. Does that mean
> >your next post will begin with a Level 5
> >intensity? ;)
>
>     ::scampers outta the way rapidly::
Run Away! Run Away!

Padraic.


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