> Of course, if there was a tag for 'foreign language word' then the best
> choice (for the example above) would be to use that -- but there isn't.
> Perhaps the most semantic solution in the above example would be to wrap
> the word in a span with a class assigned, like so:

> HTML:
> <p> We say "yes", but the French say <span class="foreignWord">"Oui"</
> span></p>

> CSS:
>.foreignWord {font-style: italic;}

Interesting, because I would have marked it up like this:

<p>We say "yes", but the French say <em lang="fr">"Oui"</em></p>

But I'm French, so I may be a bit biased :-)

-- 
Regards,
Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com








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