Language markup

[robinwhittleton]

A few things that need fix-ups here:

• There are a few <i>s with missing language attributes. For example, <i>coureurs du bois</i> should be <i xml:lang="fr">coureurs du bois</i>.
• There are also a few that should probably just be removed, for example <i>parkas</i> doesn’t need to be italicised as it’s a common word now (specifically it’s in MW: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parka).
• There are a couple of <em>s that I think originally were meant to mark up foreign language: <em>sangfroid</em> and <em>hooch</em>. Both those are in MW so can be removed.
• There are also a few occasions of french that should have italics and an xml:lang attribute added (e.g. “La petite squaw: mon Mason brav”).

The typography manual has more info: https://standardebooks.org/contribute/typography#italics-or-quotes.

[ryanodor]

I haven't been able to find "che-cha-qua" or "chechaqua" in MW, a French Dictionary, or Wikipedia. What do you suggest for marking up this word?

[robinwhittleton]

Seems to be a variant of cheechako which is in MW. But it’s somewhat obscure, so let’s double-check with Alex as to whether we want to modernise the spelling to that and remove the italics, or whether we should use xml:lang="chn" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_Jargon).

[ryanodor]

added xml:lang="chn"