Comment 62 for bug 406626

Being 'recognised' and being 'used' are two differing things.

'trash' would be recognised by most people, but would not be 'used' in
common conversation.

It would be recognised as an Americanism too.

Rob

On 25 August 2010 15:08, Martin Luckett <email address hidden> wrote:

> The original comment that "trash" is commonly used in UK english is
> correct. It would be recognised by even the most fervent of those who
> do not wish to use american/international english in the UK.
>
> "Bin" on it's own would be confusing and "Rubbish" is not really
> appropriate for items that have been deleted.
>
> "Trash" would be well understood but "Deleted Items" or "Wastebasket"
> would equally suffice.
>
> Pick one and stick to it.
>
> My personal preference would be for "Deleted Items".
>
> --mart
>
> On 25/08/2010 14:31, unforeseen wrote:
> > I concur with the '[anything] bin' being too long.
> >
> >
> > I can also see there being some minor confusion between Bin and .bin but
> I
> > think that non-technical users in the UK are unlikely to need to use a
> .bin
> > file ... having said that, if they _do_ need to use one and phone up
> support
> > it could get confusing...
>
> --
> Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626
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> 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
> andhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation/WordSubstitution given in
> comment #8.)
>
> --
> Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626
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> Status in GNOME Common Scripts: Unknown
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
> 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.
>
> -----
> from the Doc Team: the recommended term is now "Rubbish Bin"!
> -----
>
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