[Air-l] typos in chat

[Kris Markman]

Does anybody know (or have any guesses about) the origin of using an 
asterisk to denote the correction of a typo in chat (and possibly 
other forms of CMC)? I.e.:

SIDNEY: sounds god
REBECA: I feel like i have some kind of goal now!
SIDNEY: good*

Thanks!
-Kris
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Kris M. Markman, Ph.D.
Email: krism at alumni.utexas.net
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