Re: Can't have rehearsal mark and segno mark at same moment

[Andrew Bernard]

Nonce is a common word. I used it in an email on the user list just this 
week. Nonce in crypto is used in the sense 'not once', and 
compactification. But perhaps people today think it is an old fashioned 
word.

OED:

"For the particular occasion; for the time being, temporarily; for once."

I'd comment that almost any innocent word in English is used in slang 
somewhere and is offensive to one social group or another. No word is 
safe from abuse :-)

The offensive use of nonce I see in Urban Dictionary is British. Over 
here in Australia there is not that usage. So I guess you better avoid 
it in case Brits use the code!


Andrew

On 14/08/2022 10:01 pm, Aaron Hill wrote:
> Outside of that, it is slang in some dialects and could be seen as 
> offensive due to negative connotations.  Probably best to be avoided.