Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, david wrote: > >> Felix Miata wrote: >>> On 2010/01/14 23:36 (GMT) Rick Duley composed: >>> >>>> I am using HTML 4.01 Strict and CSS 2.1. <u></u> has been exiled and I >>>> cannot understand why. >>>> I use APA document referencing style and I am frequently required (yes, >>>> required, ... by the style) to underline fields in a bibliographic >>>> reference. I find that <span style="text-decoration: >>>> underline">Field</span> is a clumsy substitute. >>>> Why was <u></u> sent to Coventry? >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#absent-elements explains, but pay attention >>> to the 2nd sentence. >> And I happen to disagree with leaving out <acronym>. An acronym is NOT >> the same as an abbreviation. An acronym is something that might look >> like a word *but is not pronounced as one*. For instance, "DOD" isn't >> pronounced "dawd," it's pronounced as individual letters. That's what >> <acronym> indicates. Abbreviation doesn't indicate that. For example, >> "Mr." is an abbreviation but nobody pronounces it "m r ." They pronounce >> it "mister". > > You have it backwards. An acronym is an abbreviation that *is* > pronounced as a word.
No, an acronym is usually pronounced as individual letters. (Some may be pronounced now as "words".) Abbreviations are never pronounced letter-by-letter. "Mr." is NOT an acronym, it's an abbreviation. -- David gn...@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
