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A different italics question...
‘Of course, Sam. No problemo, as they say.’ He’d been watching too much TV and was picking up all sorts of phrases.
In the text above, I wanted to emphasize the phrase 'as they say'. I used italics for this. However, one of my proofreaders has indicated that I should use italics instead for 'No problemo' as it is 'foreign'. I wanted this part of the speech to roll off the tongue naturally, though, as though it is commonplace.
Any thoughts?
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Italics have been duly removed and driven into the earth with a heavy mallet.
*feels at a loose end* ~:> |)
*breathes deeply and counts to ten*
Maybe you could find something to do. I don't know... fitting a too-big bath panel, perhaps?
There is bath panel news on the Grumpy Thread.
*rushes across draped in towel*