Trash is American usage. What gmail uses is dependant on your English <GB/US> setting and here we are talking about GB.
I am in support of Mr Borchardt who said that "<anything> bin" is too long. Just bin would be fine if you don't mind the .bin extension. -- Alex Blog : http://archeleus.com/blog On 25 August 2010 20:48, Cody C <406...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > On 26/08/2010 12:01 a.m., Kazade wrote: > > I think most native speakers are happy with either "Bin" or "Rubbish > > Bin". I'd personally prefer "Bin" (as I wouldn't really refer to deleted > > files "rubbish") but "Rubbish Bin" is fine if we are going with the > > waste container metaphor. As mentioned above, gmail uses "Bin" and that > > seems very natural. > > > Actually, I think gMail uses "Trash", not "Bin". > Also, in my opinion, Trash sounds better. > > --cody > > -- > Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626 > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu > Documentation Project Team, which is a bug assignee. > > Status in GNOME Common Scripts: Unknown > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Opinion > Status in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > The deleted items folder is inconsistently named and is referred to as both > Wastebasket and Deleted items, Ubuntu offers to 'Empty Deleted Items' but > the window is headed Wastebasket. The URL to deleted items is also trash:/// > in nautilus but this is possibly a seperate issue. An effect of this can be > seen in #115661 also. > > This could confuse new users and it should be a simple enough fix simply > changing strings, so I believe it is a papercut. > > ----- > Quoting MPT , see comment #15 for more details: > "trash" is, in UK English, far and away more common than "rubbish bin", > "wastebin", or "wastebasket". > ----- > (The accuracy of this statement is questioned, see comment #28 onwards and > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation/WordSubstitution given in > comment #8.) > > > > -- Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
