On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 09:33, Cameron Patrick wrote: > I'm a native English speaker and I don't believe I've ever heard the > term de-archiver; its meaning is clear, but it sounds 'wrong'. The > hyphen, especially, looks out of place. "Unarchiver" is what I'd use > if I had to coin a word for it, but I don't believe that's a common > English word either.
There are almost always better words than un$NOUN (or un$VERB). (Your description below is a good example of how to avoid un*.) I was once asked "Do you un-close a door? Then why should you uninstall a program?" Unarchive is just as bad a word as uninstall. > I'd suggest something along the lines of "tool for extracting ACE > archives" instead. This is a good short description. -- Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My weblog doesn't detail my personal life: http://me.woot.net
