Re: "ACRONYM"?

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:

>  >   The <span spellout>BBC</span> tonight reported heavy
>  >   shelling on the Boznian capital.
> 
> Looks good to me. As for specifying pronunciation, how about:
> 
>    The <span speech="ku+po-n">coupon</span> was ten cents off.
> 
> Phonetics get a bit tricky, and then there are all those regional
> variations (could get fun, actually! <span speech="teiuksus teeeeii">
> texas tea</span>).

When we go in that direction, we should take advantage of the fact
that Unicode/ISO 10646 contain the full IPA alphabet. Not as easy
to learn, write, or read, but a lot more precise and general.


Regards,	Martin.

Received on Monday, 28 July 1997 11:27:09 UTC