Re: [Usability] Menu order
- From: Christian Neumair <chris gnome-de org>
- To: Rob Adams <readams readams net>
- Cc: usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Usability] Menu order
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:59:43 +0200
Am Montag, den 09.08.2004, 13:17 -0700 schrieb Rob Adams:
> Incidentally I don't think I've ever seen a name that hints _less_ at
> french descent than "Sean Middleditch".
>
> "Middleditch" is Scottish, and "Sean" is Irish.
Shame on me! I was supposing Sean has sth. to do with Jean. Whatever.
regs,
Chris
> On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 12:56 -0700, Rob Adams wrote:
> > Actually it's from latin. The French word shares the same medieval
> > latin root "accessorius", from "accessor" or helper.
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 21:48 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote:
> > > Am Montag, den 09.08.2004, 15:18 -0400 schrieb Sean Middleditch:
> > > > On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 15:15, Christian Neumair wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > <!-- Accessories -->
> > > > > <Folder>
> > > > > - <Name>Accessories</Name>
> > > > > + <Name>Accessoires</Name>
> > > > > <Desktop>Accessories.directory</Desktop>
> > > >
> > > > Hoping that's a typo. ;-)
> > >
> > > I've googled and I'm really surprised. Both terms seem to be used, I
> > > only know the + one from Germany and I suppose it's the original french
> > > term, while the - one is the english malapropism.
> > > Maybe you can enlighten me, taken that your name hints at french descent
> > > (francocanadian?).
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