Re: en_GB, gimp, and erasers

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

Ar Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:17:33PM +0000, ysgrifennodd Thomas Wood:
> On 16 Mar 2006, at 7:43 pm, Matthew Walton wrote:
> >On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 18:36 +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> >>On 16 Mar 2006, at 18:35, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Given the possible derogatory nature of the word rubber, and the
> >>>fact that eraser is actually a better targetted word for this, I'd
> >>>say to leave it as "Eraser".
> >>
> >>That apart, I'd be inclined to agree that "rubber" just has too much
> >>of a snigger-inducing connotation these days, in much the same way
> >
> >Absolutely. 'Eraser' seems more correct to me, but that might be
> >because I'm used to American software that doesn't get localised for
> >en_GB.
> >
> Eraser actually does what is says on the tin. Rubber doesn't mean
> anything unless you know the context in this case. Besides, have you
> ever seen a "Rubber" sold in WH Smith?!

So it's just me who still calls them rubbers then, and uses them
to rub things out? 

Aww.

Telsa