Markdown applications don’t agree on how to handle underscores in the middle of a word. For compatibility, use asterisks to bold the middle of a word for emphasis.
(note GitHub's markdown editor does not add emphasis to the middle of the example above).
bartram2
commented
4 years ago
When using snake case with three or more words, the inner words get converted to italic. For example, I_LIKE_CHEESE becomes ILIKECHEESE.
According to this Markdown Guide:
(note GitHub's markdown editor does not add emphasis to the middle of the example above).