On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 05:34:24AM -0400, James Lowe wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: lilypond-devel-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org on behalf of > Carl Sorensen > > > Of course, we might want to consider (for the sake of non-native english > speakers) actually deprecating both i.e. and e.g., and replacing them with > "that is" and "for example". > > -- > > Oo. No thanks; only because while I see 'i.e.' and 'e.g' as an > English speaker I don't actually 'read' them (if you see what I > mean). If I were to see 'for example' or 'that is' everywhere it > would drive me bonkers!
I agree. If there's any such similar "phrases" in other languages, translators should be encouraged to use them... but for the main English docs, I'd rather keep "i.e." and "e.g.," Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
