diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bold_italics_dialect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bold_italics_dialect.js
index bef903c186e..3c35b3b777f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bold_italics_dialect.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bold_italics_dialect.js
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
 Discourse.Dialect.inlineBetween({
   between: '***',
   wordBoundary: true,
-  spaceBoundary: true,
   emitter: function(contents) { return ['strong', ['em'].concat(contents)]; }
 });
 
 Discourse.Dialect.inlineBetween({
   between: '___',
   wordBoundary: true,
-  spaceBoundary: true,
   emitter: function(contents) { return ['strong', ['em'].concat(contents)]; }
 });
 
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ var replaceMarkdown = function(match, tag) {
   Discourse.Dialect.inlineBetween({
     between: match,
     wordBoundary: true,
-    spaceBoundary: true,
     emitter: function(contents) { return [tag].concat(contents) }
   });
 };
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/dialect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/dialect.js
index 2ed99d769aa..040e11028dd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/dialect.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/dialect.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Discourse.Dialect = {
       @param {String} [opts.between] A shortcut for when the `start` and `stop` are the same.
       @param {Boolean} [opts.rawContents] If true, the contents between the tokens will not be parsed.
       @param {Boolean} [opts.wordBoundary] If true, the match must be on a word boundary
-      @param {Boolean} [opts.spaceBoundary] If true, the match must be on a sppace boundary
+      @param {Boolean} [opts.spaceBoundary] If true, the match must be on a space boundary
   **/
   inlineBetween: function(args) {
     var start = args.start || args.between,
diff --git a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
index 33fc48014b5..2a180c129af 100644
--- a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ describe PrettyText do
 
 
   describe "markdown quirks" do
+    it "bolds stuff in parens" do
+      PrettyText.cook("a \"**hello**\"").should match_html "<p>a &quot;<strong>hello</strong>&quot;</p>"
+      PrettyText.cook("(**hello**)").should match_html "<p>(<strong>hello</strong>)</p>"
+      #           is it me your looking for?
+    end
     it "allows for newline after bold" do
       PrettyText.cook("**hello**\nworld").should match_html "<p><strong>hello</strong><br />world</p>"
     end
@@ -249,6 +254,10 @@ describe PrettyText do
       PrettyText.cook("**hello**\n**world**").should match_html "<p><strong>hello</strong><br /><strong>world</strong></p>"
     end
 
+    pending "allows does not bold chinese intra word" do
+      PrettyText.cook("你**hello**").should match_html "<p>你**hello**</p>"
+    end
+
     pending "does not break a streak for mentions" do
       Fabricate(:user, username: 'sam')
       PrettyText.cook("<small>a @sam c</small>").should match_html "<p><small>a <a class='mention' href='/users/sam'>@sam</a> c</small></p>"