<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 July 2014 18:51, J Fernyhough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.fernyhough@gmail.com" target="_blank">j.fernyhough@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On 30 July 2014 18:11, Alan Lord (News) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alanslists@gmail.com" target="_blank">alanslists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 30/07/14 17:49, Dave Morley wrote:<br>
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:41:21 +0100<br>
Alan Pope <<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com" target="_blank">alan@popey.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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"Alphabetise Desktop Icons"...<br>
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OED says yes :)<br>
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<a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/alphabetize?q=alphabetise" target="_blank">http://www.oxforddictionaries.<u></u>com/definition/english/<u></u>alphabetize?q=alphabetise</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Al.<br>
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Oh god. I give up.<br>
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Why don't we just 'ise every noun and turn it into a verb then?<br>
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The yanks have a lot to answer for.<br>
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Bah humbug.<br>
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Al<span><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></blockquote><div><br><br></div></div><div>I think the term is now "verbise". <br><br></div><div>(I agree it's not stylistically en_GB. I don't see what's wrong with the established "Sort desktop icons by name")<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree. I immediately understand "Sort desktop icons by name" while I have to think twice to understand "Alphabetise Desktop Icons" so I'd prefer the former as it's more explicit.<br>
<br></div><div>Bruno<br></div></div></div></div>