Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [Math] "Lime" or "Limit"

       I think lime is an old term used in surveying, yet not being a
surveyor I don't know for sure;
          I've never run across it except in older texts - 18th C or
before  ;-)

       Since most people today probably think lime is a green-skinned fruit
          which gave its name to the Royal British Navy's 'Limeys' due to
saving them from the scurvy,
              it's probably not a good choice to use in the LO documents
;-)



From: Thomas Hackert <thackert@nexgo.de>
Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Subject: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [Math] "Lime" or "Limit"
To: l10n@global.libreoffice.org


Hello Tom, *,

On Samstag, 4. Januar 2014 16:53 Tom Davies wrote:

> In calculus "lim" is often short for "Limit" or "Limits" because
> the word has to be written so many times and often in tiny
> writing.

still, I am not sure, if
<big snip>

> > <quote>
> > Lime Subscript Bottom
> > </quote>
> >
> > . Is it really "Lime"? A short search in the web seems to
> > indicate, that this would be a sort of stone, tree etc. The
> > mathematical term seems to be "Limit" (though I found "Limes" as
> > well, so I am not completely sure here, sorry ... :( ). Could
> > someone explain it to me (and then it would be nice, if – given
> > that it is an error – this could be fixed in the English text :)
> > ), what is used in English? TIA

I am right here ... :( Should this "Lime" be "Limit" instead? Or is
it rightly used here?
Still confused
Thomas.

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