On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Chris Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is actually a localization issue. I can't speak for UK users, who > might need something else, but as a native speaker of Standard American > English, I would say this should be changed to "Revelation".
The short form of Revelation is in common use in the UK. I can't recall the last time I heard someone refer to the book by its full title or even anyone using the "of John" suffix. As to Robin's campaign for an abbreviation I would use Rev. > ... I would > also say that all of the numbered books ((I|II) > (Samuel|Kings|Chronicles|Corinthians|Thessalonians|Timothy|Peter|John) & > III John) need to be changed from Roman numerals (which are no longer in > general use in Standard American English or in modern printed Bibles) to > Arabic numerals. The continued use by some of Roman numerals in the titles of these books is an affectation. Regards, Trevor <>< Re: deemed! _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
