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From: glen walker
Date: Jul 14, 2021 11:27AM

> obviously that is not what I want for American readers.

Actually, it's not obvious. What are you expecting/wanting it to say? In
addition to what Sandy asked, do you want people to hear "trace cool" or
"tray cool"?


On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 11:19 AM Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Is it an English document? Is it HTML? Do you want your American readers
> to hear "very cool" instead of "très cool", and your Canadian readers to
> hear "très cool"?
>
> --
> Sandy
> sandyfeldman.com
>
> On 2021-07-14 1:07 p.m., <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am betting that my question has been discussed before, but I cannot
> find it in the archives.
> > I am editing a Web document that uses the phrase "très cool." JAWS
> mispronounces the first word as an English word Just for an experiment, I
> marked it up as French, and my wife said JAWS was pronouncing it correctly
> as French, but obviously that is not what I want for American readers. Does
> anyone have a creative idea of how to help? (The author has warned me that
> I do not have the option of using the Delete key.)
> >
> > Jeff Gutsell
> >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > >