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

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 15:42 +0200, Rob Bradford wrote:
> 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.

It's the term used in the original C translations. I don't think it
would be a good idea for us to change this without changing the original
translations. Best discussed on gnome-i18n...

> 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
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