While not all markdown tricks work everywhere in the Fediverse (making for some people seeing one thing and some another), a backslash before a character usually prevents it from misbehaving.
e.g. this is italic, *but this is not* because I put backslashes before the asterisks \*like so\*. And if you figure out how I did that last one, you’ve learned well.
Try a backslash.
While not all markdown tricks work everywhere in the Fediverse (making for some people seeing one thing and some another), a backslash before a character usually prevents it from misbehaving.
e.g. this is italic, *but this is not* because I put backslashes before the asterisks \*like so\*. And if you figure out how I did that last one, you’ve learned well.
\*Merci beaucoup!*