Disc is definitely the correct UK English spelling for this speleothem, so your suggestion makes sense. I also think the intention is to describe shields, so 'disc, shield' is better.
Thanks for helping out sourcing translations in Māori for the symbol additions. Paul On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 21:12, Bruce Mutton <br...@tomo.co.nz> wrote: > While looking at extending the current mi: translation I noticed that > there may be a lack of consistency with the en: spelling of disc/disk. > > A table from the current texts.txt shows what we have a present. > > > > *Therion syntax name en translation* > > therion: point disc-pillar en: disc on pillar > > therion: point disc-pillars en: discs on pillars > > therion: point disc-stalactite en: disc on stalactite > > therion: point disc-stalactites en: discs on stalactites > > therion: point disc-stalagmite en: disc on stalagmite > > therion: point disc-stalagmites en: discs on stalagmites > > therion: point disk en: disk > > > > After consulting with a venerable caver who lives nearby, and happens to > be a linguist, and checking with a bit of googling myself, it seems to me > that ‘disk’ is favoured by US English and for things like computer disks, > and ‘disc’ is favoured by UK English and for things like plates or > ploughing discs. > > > > So would there be any objection to changing Therion’s texts.txt to include: > > en: disc… # use disc for generic English translations > > en_UK: disc… and # use disc for UK English > > en_US: disk… # use disk for US English > > in all cases? > > > > And another thing. I’m wondering if the current point disk is referring > to what are also commonly known as shields? > > In which case: > > therion: point disk en: disc, shield > > might be a better translation for ‘point disk’? > > > > > > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion@speleo.sk > https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion >
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