Subject: Re: [FFML] Moving in the past, thinking in the present.
From: Ross McKenzie
Date: 11/26/1996, 1:18 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com



The problem is that the difference between Thought and Action is too
subtle.  Thought needs to be quoted somehow, but I don't really like any
of the alternatives.
Double quotes: Confused with Dialogue.
Single quotes: Confused with Dialogue.
Fancy quotes: Turns into junk in ASCII-7.
Angle Brackets: Bothers HTML.
Braces: Too silly.
What we <i>really</i> want is italics, but there's no standard,
uncluttered, way of transmitting that.  (Anybody for a Brace to italic
filter?)

	I usually use underscoring.  _At least I think I do._  The other 
Converging Series folk nixed that for the joint 'fic, though.  _Am I 
supposed to use angle brackets now?_
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