- From: Brenton Strine <whatwg@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:35:15 -0700
So why not use the q element for irony as well, since a quote already indicates both quotations and irony. On 4/24/07, Elliotte Harold <elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote: > Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > > > In Western typography, there is already a tradition to mark up irony > > with quotation marks: > > > > Yeah, George W. Bush has been such a "great" president. > > There's an even stronger tradition to mark quotes with quotation marks, > and yet we have the q element. > > > > > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu > Java I/O 2nd Edition Just Published! > http://www.cafeaulait.org/books/javaio2/ > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596527500/ref=nosim/cafeaulaitA/ >
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