[whatwg] sarcasm

[Brenton Strine]

So why not use the q element for irony as well, since a quote already
indicates both quotations and irony.

On 4/24/07, Elliotte Harold <elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote:
> Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
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> > In Western typography, there is already a tradition to mark up irony
> > with quotation marks:
> >
> > Yeah, George W. Bush has been such a "great" president.
>
> There's an even stronger tradition to mark quotes with quotation marks,
> and yet we have the q element.
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