- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:39:28 -0500
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- Cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Le 11 dc. 2003, 09:32, Christoph Pper a crit : >> See HTML 4.01 > > The specification has been proven misleading and self-contradictory in > this regard more than once. Yes it was my initial point. :) Read all the links I have given. > Or something more specialised for this job than (an enhanced version > of) CSS, like a CSV file or even some XML application. CSS3 >> You can add on the top of that for example, that you have in fact >> in french, three different things abbreviation, acronyms and "sigle". > > Is a "sigle" an initialism or something different? French Definition: * abrviation n. f. v. 1450; texte abrg 1375; bas lat. abbreviatio 2 Removing of letters in a word, words in a sentence to write faster or to take less space. Abrviation de Mademoiselle en Mlle, de kilomtre en km, de c'est--dire en c.--d. The abbreviation is always pronounced as the full word. Liste des abrviations. * acronyme n. m. 1970; english. acronym word composed with Initials or syllabs or syllabs of several words , from acro- and -onym nom , d'apr. homonym Linguistic. Sigle* pronounced like a common word. Ovni (NdT means UFO) and sida (NdT means AIDS) are acronyms. Word composed with syllabs of several words. mot-valise. English acronyms used in french (ex. sonar). * sigle n. m. 1712; lat. jurid. sigla signes abrviatifs 1 Hist. Initial used as an abbreviation. The "sigles" of ancient manuscripts. 2 Ling. Series of Initial of several words which makes a unique word pronounced letters by letters. O. N. U. is pronounced as a sigle or as an acronym. Derived formed on a sigle (ex. cgtiste, coming from C. G. T.) * apocope n. f. 1521; lat. gramm. d'o. gr. apocopa Ling. Falling of a "phonme", for one or several syllabs at the end of the word (opposite of aphrse). truncation. We say tl for tlvision , mat for matin by apocope. Adj. APOCOP, E, 1578. aphrse n. f. 1701; aph(a)eresis 1521; lat. gramm. d'o. gr. aphresis Ling. Falling of a "phonme" or a group of "phonmes" at the start of a word (oppos of apocope). truncation. Car for autocar by aphrse. Simple!!! Isn't it ;)
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