[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Copyedit English localization as American English (PR #5029)

[Zeke Farwell]

@zekefarwell commented on this pull request.



> -          pitch: "Sports Pitch"
+          pitch: "Playing Field"

The [Wikipedia page on pitches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(sports_field)) includes badminton and various other court sports.  Of course the article "needs additional citations" so who knows.  The [Cambridge ](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pitch)& [Collins ](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pitch)dictionaries both define "pitch" as an area with painted lines or markings for playing a sport.  This sounds to me like a court would fit this description since a specific surface type is not stated.  They both include hockey (played on an ice rink not a field) as an example.  I'm not sure exactly what the term "pitch" covers in British English, but it does seem to have broader meaning than "playing field" which typically indicates a grass or turf surface.  I don't think I've ever heard a basketball or tennis court referred to as a playing field, but maybe it is technically still correct when discussing the rules of the sport and the "field of play".    



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