Re: abbr and acronym

Patrick H. Lauke wrote:

> For internationalisation purposes, I'd suggest that the value of read 
> (or any similar proposed pronounciation hints) should be written in some 
> phonetic form.

Can that be coupled with language-sensing ?  "Dee Em Zee" would be
as meaningless to a <Br.E> audience as "Dee Em Zed" would be to
an <Am.E> one ...

Philip Taylor

Received on Thursday, 29 March 2007 11:25:42 UTC