[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] spelling fixes (PR#1526)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:05:30PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote:

> > Freeciv is not meant to conform to the rules of formal writing.  It's a
> > game, and it's meant to be approachable by the widest possible audience
> > (within reason).
> 
> The idea of following standards is, in fact, to help in reaching the
> widest possible audience.

That won't work when the "standard" contradicts common usage.
In this case, your "standard" is something only 0.1% of the intended
audience has ever seen before.  You have to revise either your idea
of what a standard is, or your idea of what you try to achieve by
following it.

"3d" is a standard notation (in the sense of "commonly used"): see

  http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm

This is how I read "3d" and it's only confusing to use it otherwise.

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Reinier