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Re: lang attribute for foreign words found in Merriam Webster's dictionary?

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From: John Foliot
Date: Apr 21, 2015 2:53PM

Actually Mike, I disagree with your example: <span lang="fr">resumé</span>
would enunciate better as the lang markup would apply the correct
inflection on the é (&eqacute;).

The bigger question however is, for a term like that, is the lang markup
required, and I believe we are both agreeing that the answer is no; not
*required* (however I still encourage it when possible).

JF

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Moore,Michael (DARS) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> You don't need to use a lang attribute on words that have been
> adopted/appropriated by the native language of the page. Thus for an
> English page with the <html lang="en"> designation you would not want to
> have <span lang="fr">resumé</span>. To do so would probably cause the
> screen reader to pronounce it in a manner that was unintelligible to a
> native English speaker.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator,
> Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Mike Warner
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 3:31 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] lang attribute for foreign words found in Merriam
> Webster's dictionary?
>
> Hi again,
>
> as I'm going though the WCAG Checklist, I saw this:
>
> Individual words in another language that could be understood incorrectly
> or not at all are marked up using the lang attribute.
>
> What if the foreign words are in common English dictionaries? We don't
> use many, mainly in our art and culture courses, and the words all have
> accessible glossary spans next to them.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> > > at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> > > > > >



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