On Jan 18, 2008 12:43 PM, Yahya Abdal-Aziz <<a href="mailto:yahya@melbpc.org.au">yahya@melbpc.org.au</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I agree about the possible ambiguity. But is "Bin" the most<br>universally understandable alternative? Some others are:<br> - "Rubbish bin"<br> - "Trash can"<br> - "Garbage disposal"
</blockquote><div><br>"Trash can" and "Garbage disposal" are both rather American to my ears. Bin is the word I would naturally use, but I agree that it's a bit ambiguous. Could we perhaps get away with the ambiguity if every time we use the word in this context, there is a nearby icon of a bin?
<br><br>Another point to note is the length of the word--using kontact, the button that I assume originally said "Move to Trash" now says "Move to Deleted Items" and is about twice the width of a normal toolbar button.
<br><br>Thomas<br></div></div>