Re: [css3-lists] Too many list styles and a proposal to simplifythem

> There's no guarantee that the document type will have a language  
> attribute.  CSS has to deal with more than just HTML.  I agree it at least  

In that case, you can't render it as text, so the issue is largely 
irrelevant.  (Most tools will probably treat the document as en-us
in those circumstances.  If not, they will choose a language based
on user preferences or character set.)