tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5041618631197102498..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Asterisk-framed actions"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81701996534873330532013-02-15T18:31:54.578-06:002013-02-15T18:31:54.578-06:00I thought that asterisk-framing meant you were sup...I thought that asterisk-framing meant you were supposed to picture the writer actually performing the action as the line was being written.Naomi Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-24496108478277093082013-02-15T15:03:30.519-06:002013-02-15T15:03:30.519-06:00Oops. *Fixed* Tx for the heads-up, snotty. Oops. *Fixed* Tx for the heads-up, snotty. Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85929305695748986962013-02-15T13:28:54.784-06:002013-02-15T13:28:54.784-06:00*sigh* you misspelled Schulz. see signature on pic...*sigh* you misspelled Schulz. see signature on pic.snottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098668405236870717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28794045722441352572013-02-15T08:08:01.666-06:002013-02-15T08:08:01.666-06:00I often use just plain "" when respondin...I often use just plain "" when responding to an email or Facebook notice of the passing of a not-quite-close friend, when I don't want to say "I send condolences." [For a proper use of 'condolence', see The Condolence Council, in Hale, _Iroquois Book of Rites_.]<br /><br />BTW, / / is the way linguists indicate the phonetic pronounciation of a word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-53902364966470273052013-02-14T20:40:34.164-06:002013-02-14T20:40:34.164-06:00Clicked through from g-reader to advance the markd...Clicked through from g-reader to advance the markdown hypothesis, and I see that commenter #1 already has it.<br /><br />Be careful with ngram data - relative rates can be misleading when the reference/base rate is vanishingly rare.<br /><br />The introduction of technical books on html or web publishing to a corpus could produce what you see above.almhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420465709926105665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81659992088600475172013-02-14T15:06:23.102-06:002013-02-14T15:06:23.102-06:00Since I started writing (typing! On a correcting s...Since I started writing (typing! On a correcting selectric II!) my first zines for an APA (Amateur Press Association) in the early 80's, I've used "*"s for both Bold/Emphasis and for actions.<br /><br />Also, "/" surround italics in my world, and "_" denote underline.<br /><br />In the past few years, I've been surrounding actions in curly braces more and more.<br /><br />But yes, comics - strips and books - are certainly an influence on this.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758524421448114190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44183958741562523812013-02-14T11:36:29.013-06:002013-02-14T11:36:29.013-06:00*sigh* Some programs automatically italicizes what...*sigh* Some programs automatically italicizes whatever's between the **. It's not always for emphasis, really, it's more like stage direction in a play.<br /><br />John Hero: *shrugs and shakes his head* Frankly my dear Indigo, I don't give a darn.<br /><br />Or, on my status update: Why do my kids always get would up before bedtime? *sigh*Philippa Lodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517563788786892242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-18693923665737719812013-02-14T11:20:50.938-06:002013-02-14T11:20:50.938-06:00In programmer land, the use of asterisks for empha...In programmer land, the use of asterisks for emphasis is *so* common (see what I did there?) that it is incorporated into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown" rel="nofollow">markdown</a> language. We write files in this language, which is just plain text with some simple conventions; then a tool turns it into HTML (or whatever). Very handy.Wayne Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595005905880642013noreply@blogger.com