2023-05-24 UTC
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bkil [tantek]: After some more research I finally found a plausible explanation why _underscore_ is synonymous with emphasis and usually italicized in Markdown. Basically, emphasis is usually rendered in books in italics as it is easier to read and less obstructive, less harsh than underlines. At the same time, italics are much more difficult to reliably produce in handwriting and on early typewriters, hence why in the manuscript they just substituted underlines for