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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