On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 23:20 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 22:15 +0100, David Lodge wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:14:08 +0100, Alex Hudson <home alexhudson com> > > wrote: > > > While I don't like "Trash"; "Dustbin", "Rubbish", "Waste" etc. I think > > > are actually worse - they're kinda "dirty" words. Microsoft used > > > "Recycle bin" which doesn't have the muck connotation, but isn't quite > > > so clear a term (presumably for both all English OSes?). > > > > Microsoft only really pay lip service to UK translation - most of their > > apps don't have a translation and it's still the "Recycle Bin" in Windows. > > Mac OS X is even worse - it's still "Trash". Our friends in KDE call it > > the "Waste Bin". Outlook uses "Deleted Items" and "Dumpster" (the deleted > > item's deleted items). > > > > I don't think we'll ever get a solution that'll keep everybody happy. > > > > In terms of liason 'twixt the Ubuntu and Gnome lists, I don't mind doing > > that: I was planning to join the Ubuntu guys anyway (once I get my > > problems with my graphics card sorted out). I'm also on the Fedora > > translation list as well. > > You're a workaholic Dave ;) > > IMNSHO, "Wastebasket" is fine. It's not that good a word, but was use by > both Apple (who seems to now prefer Trash), and Microsoft (although I > don't know their latest quirks on the en_GB). > > For GNOME 2.18, we might want to change that. > "Deleted Items" is obviously wrong, as Peter pointed out. > "Rubbish bin", and the likes, as you just pointed out have a bad > connotation. > > I've got two (maybe three) decent proposals, before people start yelling > abuse at me. "Paper bin". Although it's not really paper we're throwing, > Documents are usually paper-made (in real life), and we're just > mimicking real-life. There's also "Garbage bin", which David didn't > mention. still has a bad connotation though. > > Finally, I'll propose "Bin". It's: > 7. Any receptacle for holding rubbish or waste, esp. waste paper; a > waste-bin. I completely agree with this and was going to propose this before I saw Bastien's mail, damn you Bastien for beating me to it :P In every day to day life, I use "bin": - Where's the bin - Throw it in the bin - Do you have a bin liner? - Can you empty the bins? - Where did you put the wheelie bin? And so on. If I am feeling upper class, I might occasionally use Dustbin :) -- Regards, Martyn
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