# Just checking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 24, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432 "2006-12-24T12:30:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432/1 "2006-12-24T12:30:45Z")

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This should not be italicized.

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432/2 "2006-12-24T13:45:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Rilchiam]  
This should not be italicized.  
[/QUOTE]  
And it will not be televised.

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432/3 "2006-12-24T16:27:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Rilchiam]  
This should not be italicized.  
[/QUOTE]  
Oh you mustn’t be so hard on yourself. Of course your post should be italicized. And boldened and underscored and in color and fancy large font with dingbats.  
IMHO

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432/4 "2006-12-24T16:57:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally Posted by **Rilchiam**  
> This should not be italicized.

Ha! I’m the first one who got it right. 😃

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/385432/5 "2006-12-24T17:51:58Z")

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First but not last.

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> Originally posted by **Rilchiam**  
> This should not be italicized.

Took a while, but I got it too.  
Can I have the crumbs off your trophy cake 😃 ?