• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    You’re right! They misspelled Br*ta*n!

    edit: Should have considered that we’re rendering markdown before I used asterisks so wantonly.

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        4 days ago

        In the spirit of heeding your username, I shall engage.

        In markdown, if you use a single asterisk it doesn’t mean much unless it’s part of a list. However, if you use two, it will italicize the text between them. Britain, for example, would bring Brtan because the T and A (yes, I’m aware of the abbreviation) would be between them.