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

Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:

> 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.
Personally, I use stars for emphasis and underscores for non-emphatic
use of italics, such as book titles.

As for "Dutch italics", I never use them.

--
"We are lost, lost.  No name, no business, no Precious, nothing.  Only empty.
Only hungry: yes, we are hungry.  A few little fishes, nassty bony little
fishes, for a poor creature, and they say death.  So wise they are; so just,
so very just."  --Gollum        jcowan@reutershealth.com  www.ccil.org/~cowan

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