I'm the same way -- I just type two dashes together, with a space before and after
I think it's a vestige of the fact that I first began doing word-processing using DOS software that was not yet WYSIWYG
no m-dash was possible -- two dashes was one's only alternative
the habit stuck
Clive Thompson
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