[html4all] phonetic of some word or name

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <4722F876.7010308 at free.fr>,
aurelien.levyatfree.fr@?.?.invalid writes

>did you think as me that it can be useful to have a new html element to
>markup phonetic pronunciation of a word or name.

[Hello folks: my first post here]

I thank that might (at least in the interim) be a good case for a
microformat.

Something like, say:


        <span class=hPhonetic>
                <span class="phrase">Edinburgh</span>
                (pronounced "<span class="pronounced">ed-in-buro</span>"
        </span>

and

        <span class=hPhonetic>
                <span class="phrase">Edinburgh</span>
                (pronounced "<span class="phonetic">[UTF-8 phonetic
                characters]</span>"
        </span>

(the second from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh> )

        <span class=hPhonetic" lang ="ja">
                <span class="phrase">[UTF-8 Japanese characters for
                "Tokyo metropolis"]
                <span class="phonetic">To-kyo-to</span>
        </span>

(the latter from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo> )


When I get chance I'll suggest it on one of the microformats mailing
lists

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