- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:42:24 -0800
- To: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@mysterylights.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 08:16 AM 1/31/2001 , Sean B. Palmer wrote:
>Acronyms are meant to be pronounced, yes?
Stop right there -- that's not clear at all. There is no
consensus that anything marked up with the <acronym> tag is
meant to be pronounced in any given manner in any given
language.
>This has probably been discussed a thousand times before...
Yes, and inconclusively so. There is no link between <acronym>
and any given pronunciation of the content of the element.
There is currently no way to mark up a specific pronunciation
for any text in (X)HTML. Your question can be applied equally
to non-acronym text as well:
Do I spell 'wright' the write way when I right it with my
rite hand?
--Kynn
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Received on Wednesday, 31 January 2001 12:10:12 UTC