[plug] en_GB KDE "trash can"
John Knight
anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 9 10:29:07 WST 2001
Your description sounds like your average "Recycle Bin" of your standard
"Mum and Dad" Windows installation. How many of us use the ruddy thing
anyway?
Seriously, I think we'll call it "Deleted Files". Any objections?
KDE guy
>Ah, yes, but I understood that an attic is something in which things not
>used,
>accumulate over the years, without ever being emptied, unless the owner
>dies,
>until the ceiling falls down. Is that really appropriate (GB's of retained
>deleted files - "Oh, I may want to use that again, someday...")?
>
>On Sat, 08 Sep 2001, John Knight wrote:
> > Attic isn't American, go through old English books and they use attic.
>Not
> > many people in Aus have an attic, mainly because we don't have houses
>like
> > A-frames etc. Don't forget that this is en_GB, for all countries that
>speak
> > it and there are many countries that have houses with an attic
>(including my
> > house actually). Plus, how many people wouldn't know the term? None,
> > probably.
> >
> > KDE guy
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I ran it past my family and my Mum came up with "attic". What do you
> > >reckon
> > > > of this?
> > >
> > >More American terms. How many homes in As have an attic?
> > >
> > >Alex
> > >
>
>:)
>
>Bret Busby
>..........
>
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