Talk:Alternate music

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Incorrect use of the word "Alternate"

"Alternate" does not mean the same thing as "alternative". A track is "alternate" if there are two tracks that can be played, and it plays them in turn. In other words, if the last time you played on a stage, Track A was playing, then next time you play on it, Track B will play, the time after that, Track A will play, and so on and so forth. A track is "alternative" if the track played each time you choose a stage is randomly selected from a list of tracks. The world "alternate" should be changed to "alternative". Once again, this is not because I speak UK English, it's universal English. "Alternate" being used to mean the same thing as "alternative" is nonstandard US English. I'm not saying that this wiki should be written in UK English, just that it should be written in standard US English rather than nonstandard (i.e. wrong) US English. I figured that PenguinofDeath 19:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Really? The way I speak English (US-ly, of course) includes the meaning for alternate of being the secondary choice. Miles (talk) 02:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)