On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:28:31PM -0500, Joe Drew wrote: > 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.
We have an opposite of close: open. We're seeking an opposite for archive. Unarchive might be bad, but as Cameron and I said, dearchive is clumsy (even more so when hyphenated). Windows talks about "Remove" rather than uninstall. dselect talks about deleting and removing. > > I'd suggest something along the lines of "tool for extracting ACE > > archives" instead. > > This is a good short description. I agree. Better than making up new words, certainly! Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
