> Actually in both cases you shouldn't use ‘x’, but × or ×
> 
Good point. But will a screen reader find '&times' and say 'times', or for
that matter Andrew's unicode alternatives? 

If so, I'd be as happy to use that as I am to use '&' instead of '&'.  

> In this cases ‘×’ is a shortcut to ‘times’ and ‘by’, but 
> technically we can’t call it abbreviation. We could use 
> abbreviation as closest by meaning element, but it sounds 
> little bit dirty, isn't it?
> 
Use dirty code or use harsh language. Tough call.

Ricky



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