Re: [gnome-love] Re: [Nautilus-list] GNOME user environment brainstorming

[Iain <iain ximian com>]

> It does, if you know what "execute" means.  However, some people
> (especially women, at the risk of sounding sexist!) have been shown to
> be really uncomfortable with these sorts of words that carry other
> aggressive connotations-- "execute", "abort", "kill" etc., which are all
> in common usage, especially on *NIX systems.  It would be nice if we
> could find some nicer, cuddlier, fluffier words instead so we didn't
> alienate half our potential audience before we started  :o)

"Put down"
"Lay to rest"
"Fluffy's gone to the big rabbit hutch in the sky"

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