The ^ ^ for italics don't work.

[phipps]

Here.

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It worked!!

tries again.

definitely works

It won't work in thread titles if that's what you are trying to do.

It is very strange as it hasn't been working and I have seen lots of words with either side .

No, not tried in titles.

have those words got "" round them?
It doesn't work with some punctuation

No, they have . All very strange.

went awol .

Hi phipps,

they seem to be working here

If you send me a link to where they aren't working, I will ask tech to take a look

rebecca @ mumsnet.com

It only works if there is a space before them...

So this works

Butthis doesn't

^
^

Where did the ^ go? I typed 2 together and they vanished .

phipps, you're not going mad, I noticed on some thread someone had done the little ^ marks round the word but it didnt make it go all italicy. Cant remember which thread though.

Yes! Someone else has seen it .

.full stop before
.full stop either side.
full stop afterwards.
no full stop

I see it a lot. But always assume it's something to do with punctuation/spaces surrounding the italics. Which seems to be the case.

You used to be able to do this which was great but now it doesn't work.

Oh it's complicated!

If in doubt, always preview your message.... saves a few later on...

"speechmarks"

I think you have to do " speechmarks"