RE: [Bug-gnubg] Re: Typo in Settings Appearance - General

[Albert Silver]

        Two words. No question. Pip is merely a noun being used as an
adjective here, to describe the noun 'count'. What kind of count? A
*pip* count.
        Another example could be "water bottle", a "dollar bill", etc.

                                                Albert

> > And:
> > Is is 'pip count' or 'pipcount'?
> > (one or two words? i thought it was one)
> 
> I've seen both used. gnubg currently uses "pip count" consistently.
> 
> I did a search on google and both "pipcount" and "pip count" returned
> articles written by people with English as their native language.
> The backgammon glossary <URL:http://www.bkgm.com/glossary.html#P>
writes
> "pip count"...
> 
> Any comments from the mailing list readers?!
> 
> Jørn
> 
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