On Feb 23, 2011, at 14:52, Bob W wrote: >>> 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?? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
