Re: "ACRONYM"?
Martin J. Duerst (mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:26:53 +0200 (MET DST)
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:26:53 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Martin J. Duerst" <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
To: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
cc: www-html@w3.org
Subject: Re: "ACRONYM"?
In-Reply-To: <v0310283ab00261d53476@[205.149.180.135]>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970728172528.245B-100000@enoshima>
On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
> > The <span spellout>BBC</span> tonight reported heavy
> > shelling on the Boznian capital.
>
> Looks good to me. As for specifying pronunciation, how about:
>
> The <span speech="ku+po-n">coupon</span> was ten cents off.
>
> Phonetics get a bit tricky, and then there are all those regional
> variations (could get fun, actually! <span speech="teiuksus teeeeii">
> texas tea</span>).
When we go in that direction, we should take advantage of the fact
that Unicode/ISO 10646 contain the full IPA alphabet. Not as easy
to learn, write, or read, but a lot more precise and general.
Regards, Martin.