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Re: Extremely nit bug: NR: Usage of British English: "centre" instead of


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: Extremely nit bug: NR: Usage of British English: "centre" instead of "center"
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 23:46:17 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi;
>>
>>   This is an extremely minor bug.
>>
>>   Which version of "English" is the Lilypond documentation written in?
>>
>>   If it is American English, then:
>>
>> NR: Usage of British English: "centre" instead of "center" (both 2.22.2 and
>> 2.23.12)
>>
>> A hairpin that is terminated with \! will end at the right edge of the note
>> that has the \! assigned to it. In the case where it is terminated with the
>> start of another crescendo or decrescendo mark, it will end at the *centre*
>> of the note that has the next \< or \> assigned to it. The next hairpin
>> will then start at the right edge of the same note instead of the usual
>> left edge had it been terminated with \! before. A hairpin ending on a
>> downbeat will stop at the preceding bar line.
>>
>>   There are about 50 instances of "center" and only one instance of
>> "centre".

Also, an example uses \centreText as macro name.  I find it quite
amusing that there is one translation that uses \centerText instead.
The French translation.

-- 
David Kastrup



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