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

[Peter Humphrey <prh gotadsl co uk>]

On Thursday 14 September 2006 14:37, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> 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 think it came to us in general, as distinct from us Gnome users, from 
Macintosh ("computers for the rest of us") via Windows ([your own 
description here]).

> I don't think it would be a good idea for us to change this without
> changing the original translations.

No, I wasn't suggesting any action, just a comparison.

-- 
Rgds
Peter