Re: [Usability] Menu order



Am Montag, den 09.08.2004, 13:17 -0700 schrieb Rob Adams:
> Incidentally I don't think I've ever seen a name that hints _less_ at
> french descent than "Sean Middleditch".
> 
> "Middleditch" is Scottish, and "Sean" is Irish.

Shame on me! I was supposing Sean has sth. to do with Jean. Whatever.

regs,
 Chris

> On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 12:56 -0700, Rob Adams wrote:
> > Actually it's from latin.  The French word shares the same medieval
> > latin root "accessorius", from "accessor" or helper.
> > 
> > -Rob
> > 
> > On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 21:48 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote:
> > > Am Montag, den 09.08.2004, 15:18 -0400 schrieb Sean Middleditch:
> > > > On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 15:15, Christian Neumair wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >      <!-- Accessories -->
> > > > >      <Folder>
> > > > > -      <Name>Accessories</Name>
> > > > > +      <Name>Accessoires</Name>
> > > > >        <Desktop>Accessories.directory</Desktop>
> > > > 
> > > > Hoping that's a typo.  ;-)
> > > 
> > > I've googled and I'm really surprised. Both terms seem to be used, I
> > > only know the + one from Germany and I suppose it's the original french
> > > term, while the - one is the english malapropism.
> > > Maybe you can enlighten me, taken that your name hints at french descent
> > > (francocanadian?).




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