gl wrote:
However, my argument is that any British English language file should
> use sentence case, as that's what is in common use in that language.
Not necessarily true, for example poetry / lyric titles frequently use
title case.
Of course there are exceptions, I'm just saying that title case is far
less common.
> For menu settings I'd argue they're titles, and not
sentences, eg:
MP visits India on trade visit (sentence headline).
vs.
MP at Home (title headline).
The argument isn't about what is and what is not a title, it's whether
titles in the British-English Rockbox language file should use title case.
Title case in British English is more formal, more grand - it's a matter
of taste, nor correctness.
I wouldn't call it more formal, or more grand, simply less widely used.
But if we accept it's a matter of taste, how do we decide what Rockbox
uses?
All the native British-English speakers who have expressed a preference
(apart from you - I'm guessing you're British based on your email
address) prefer sentence case, and this is basically what I'm saying -
choose whether to use title case on a language-by-language basis, based
on the views of the native speakers of that language.
Dave.
