- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 21:35:11 -0800
- To: David Norris <dave@webaugur.com>
- Cc: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, WAI Interest Group Emailing List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 08:47 PM 2/19/2000 , David Norris wrote: >I have always been under the impression that HTML is normalized to the >English language. I believe the HTML spec references this, as well. As >such, Merriam Webster (http://www.m-w.com/) defines those two terms as >such: I haven't found anything in the HTML spec that references the Mirriam- Webster dictionary as a definitive source for HTML element definitions. >ac·ro·nym > : a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter >or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound >term. >Neither of those definitions make reference to pronunciation. The >examples cited by Merriam Webster are in direct conflict with your >examples cited previously. No, they're not. Do you say "en ay tee oh"? All of the examples you site for acronyms _are_ pronounced as words. Is English your primary language? Some people who don't speak English natively may miss the subtlety that not all nuances of a word -- such as acronym -- are necessarily going to be contained within the dictionary definition. PS: Here's a dictionary that has the same definition as me: http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/dictionary/default.asp?String=acronym%2A1%2B0&ACT=SELECT -- Kynn Bartlett mailto:kynn@hwg.org President, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ AWARE Center Director http://aware.hwg.org/
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