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This remains one of my favorite parts of Discworld, possibly of fiction in general:
Excerpt From Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett where ~~ is used used to denote crossed out text, and ** is my added empathise:
Angua read it. It was a list of names, although most of them were crossed out:
~~Cheery Littlebottom~~ ~~Cherry~~ ~~Sherry~~ ~~Sherri~~ Lucinda Littlebottom ~~Sharry~~ ~~Sharri~~ Cheri
‘Er … what do you think?’ said Cheery nervously. ‘“Lucinda”?’ said Angua, raising her eyebrows. ‘I’ve always liked the sound of the name.’ ‘“Cheri” is nice,’ said Angua. ‘And it is rather like the one you’ve got already. The way people spell in this town, no one will actually notice unless you point it out to them.’ Cheery’s shoulders sagged with released tension. When you’ve made up your mind to shout out who you are to the world, it’s a relief to know that you can do it in a whisper. ‘Cheri’, thought Angua. Now, what does that name conjure up? Does the mental picture include iron boots, iron helmet, a small worried face and a long beard? Well, it does now.
