On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 11:19 +0100, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > Ouattara Oumar Aziz (alias wattazoum) wrote: > > You'd call it "My > > Diary" because you are creating it for yourself.
The user doesn't label the Preferences menu for themself—the label is applied by the computer. “My” is only ever used to mean “your” on toys for three-year-olds*, much like how when talking to a small child one refers to things using the name *they* should use to refer to them (for example calling yourself “Mummy” or “Daddy” instead of “me”). Small children aren't clever enough to understand pronouns. (* Windows XP—I know.) Speaking for the user—using “my” as if they'd written it—is disingenuous and/or talks down to the user, so it should be avoided. If we could pull in the the user's actual name in a way that's compatible with a wide variety of cultures, I'd suggest using something like “Preferences for Greg”. If that's not possible, just “Preferences” will do—the word “preference” tends to imply *personal* preference anyway. -- Greg K Nicholson -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
