How do I escape the markdown parser for certain pieces of text?

I'm using textile to generate HTML for a specific page and in the copy, there is a need for (c) to be generated without the copyright symbol. Unfortunately, textile always does it.

Is there a way in textile to escape the parsing it does to change it (I know I could put spaces on either side of the "c," but that doesn't look nice)?

Using the <notextile></notextile> tags in the markdown will cause the parser to skip whatever is between those two tags. RedCloth docs