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-<p>The name "Ardour" came from considerations of how to pronounce the acronym HDR(Hard Disk Recorder). The most obvious attempt sounds like a vowelless "harder" and it then was then a short step to an unrelated by slightly homophonic word:</p>
-<p><em>ardour &ldquo; n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, elan, zeal] 2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor] 3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: ardor, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness] &rdquo;</em></p>
-<p>Given the work required to develop Ardour, and the personality of its primary author, the name seemed appropriate even without the vague relationship to HDR.</p>
-<p>Years later, another interpretation of "Ardour" appeared, this time based on listening to non-native English speakers attempt to pronounce the word. Rather than "Ardour", it became "Our DAW", which seemed poetically fitting for a Digital Audio Workstation whose source code and design belongs to a group of collaborators.</p>
+<p>
+The name "Ardour" came from considerations of how to pronounce the acronym
+<abbr title="Hard Disk Recorder">HDR</abbr>. The most obvious attempt sounds
+like a vowelless "harder" and it then was then a short step to an unrelated
+but slightly homophonic word:
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+  <dfn>ardour</dfn> n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of
+  a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he 
+  felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, elan, zeal]<br />
+  2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor]<br /> 
+  3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" 
+  [syn: ardor, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]
+</blockquote>
+<p>
+Given the work required to develop Ardour, and the personality of its
+primary author, the name seemed appropriate even without the vague
+relationship to HDR.
+</p>
+<p>
+Years later, another interpretation of "Ardour" appeared, this time based
+on listening to non-native English speakers attempt to pronounce the word.
+Rather than "Ardour", it became "Our DAW", which seemed poetically fitting
+for a Digital Audio Workstation whose source code and design belongs to a
+group of collaborators.
+</p>