Re: Divergences between ubuntu-l10n and gnome-i18n regarding en_GB



On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 08:55 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 September 2006 22:20, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> 
> > Documents are usually paper-made (in real life), and we're just
> > mimicking real-life.
> 
> As witness that awful touchy-feely "folder" for "directory".

Uhm. That's an interesting point. Why does en_GB use the term "folder"?
I've never actually ever heard anyone use that term.

When someone uses the term 'folder' in conversation it makes me want to
take a sharp or blunt instrument and do a Matthew Garrett.

Cheers,

Rob
-- 
Rob Bradford <rob robster org uk>




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