From: "Bob W"
Why slashes? Because in
> >>> Thunderbird (and I thought it was standard, whereas I am probably
> >> wrong)
> >>> the following applies: _underline_, *bold*, /italics/. Since
> >> _underline_
> >>> is for links and *bold* is for emphasis thus what remains is
> >> /italics/
> >>> for emotions.
> >>
> >> since long before Thunderbird, i've clung to the notion that
> >> _underscore_ indicates italics, but you've made me suddenly question
> >> that ...
> >
> > it doesn't really matter. They're all nerdisms, and using them in a
> > photography mailing list is bad manners.
>
> Respectfully disagree, and wonder if there really is an 'elements of
> style' guideline specifically for a photography mailing list??
Who knows? But that's not the point. The point is that using nerdisms in a
community which is largely non-nerd is the equivalent of all those native
English speakers who refuse to talk anything but English when they're
abroad.
I would, however, suggest you examine your underlying assumption that
PDML is "largely non-nerd".
Quotient appears fairly high to me.
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