> > I don't see that this should be the case. For example, "Ltd" is a > common UK abbreviation for the word "Limited" in the context of a > "Limited Liability Company", such as "HyperGlobalMegaCorp Ltd." > > Another example would be "Mr", which is an abbreviation of "Mister." > There are plenty more examples - in French, "Mlle" is an > abbreviation > of "Mademoiselle". >
How would you expect a screen reader to speak these groups of characters? (Regardless of what tag they appear in.) I would certainly not expect an English-language based reader to keep a list of abreviations of all other foreign languages, so while a sighted user _may_ recognise Mlle and speak it out loud (I wouldn't - never learnt any French at school, fortunatly) it seems a very long leap for a screen reader. Regards, Mike ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
