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					Originally Posted by  JSWolf
					 
				 
				You would give the my a special intonation even if it was <i>my</i>. There is NO WAY to differentiate from <i> or <em> when you cannot see the code and both are italic. 
			
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 Certain languages/books/styles use smallcaps as emphasis or extended letter-spacing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphasis_(typography)
Different languages also use different symbols (see Chinese example in link above).