Em Seg, 2007-03-26 às 15:13 +0100, Patrick H. Lauke escreveu: > Quoting Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA <leandro.dutra@corp.orolix.com>: > > > Yes, but acronyms are pronounced as words, while all-uppercase > > non-acronym abbreviations are spelled out. So with different acronym > > and abbr elements a speech the user agent will know what to do, roughly > > ? obviously hybrids (eg JPEG) will need special treatment. > > But that is arguably a matter of aural presentation, not of the > content itself. I see it as a matter of content — the aural presentation (for instance) will flow naturally from it. Obviously the dictionary should help, but it feels wrong to leave it to dictionary only in such a dynamic field as language itself. -- Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA <leandro.dutra@corp.orolix.com> http://orolix.com.br./ +55 (11) 2122 0302 Join the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=4686Received on Monday, 26 March 2007 14:35:29 GMT
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