Hi. Oh boy a little-used tag to implement! Did I use it correctly in the
following paragraph please? If so, I will be going through my web site
looking for places to use it (on my web site, this paragraph currently is
marked up <em>Flak</eminstead of <dfn>Flak</dfn>)

<p>
Ernest K. Gann was a pilot himself, and his love of flying shows in the
books he wrote. Some of the author's culture
is also revealed by his choice of vocabulary. His use of one word in
particular dates him. Throughout this book, E.
K. Gann refers to antiaircraft fire as <dfn>Flak</dfn>.
‘Flak’ as a term did not come into use until World War Two,
which was E. K. Gann's time. It was the short form of a term introduced
by the Nazi <span lang="de">Luftwaffe</span>
to designate antiaircraft artillery. This word was coined in 1938
<cite>(Merriam-Webster)</cite>.
</p>

Andreas Prilop wrote:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, The Bicycling Guitarist wrote:
>

>
If you markup single words with the lang attribute, shouldn't you
label "Flak" and "Nazi" also as German?

These words have both been adopted into the English language. "Nazi,"
especially, is more commonly used in English than in German. (Don't you
say "NS"?) "Luftwaffe" and "Flugabwehrkanone" are still German (English
speakers generally don't know these words).

--
John

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:17:57 GMT
John Hosking scribed:

...
>and "Flugabwehrkanone" are still German (English
speakers generally don't know these words).

Gadzundheit

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Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.