[jQuery] Colon Operator

[jQuery] Colon Operator

Will jquery 1.1.3 support the colon operator?
ex: <span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">$("xsl\:template")</span>
I know that <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new,monospace;">
:</span> is used in jQuery, but <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new,monospace;">\:</span> seems very possible.
It would be nice to parse through xml files with colons in them.
~Sean