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<pre wrap="">On 30 July 2014 20:51, Anthony Harrington
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<pre wrap="">On 30/07/14 20:23, Bruno Girin wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 30 July 2014 18:51, J Fernyhough <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:j.fernyhough@gmail.com"><j.fernyhough@gmail.com></a> wrote:
On 30 July 2014 18:11, Alan Lord (News) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alanslists@gmail.com"><alanslists@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 30/07/14 17:49, Dave Morley wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:41:21 +0100
Alan Pope <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alan@popey.com"><alan@popey.com></a> wrote:
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"Alphabetise Desktop Icons"...
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<pre wrap="">OED says yes :)
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Cheers,
Al.
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Oh god. I give up.
Why don't we just 'ise every noun and turn it into a verb then?
The yanks have a lot to answer for.
Bah humbug.
Al
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I think the term is now "verbise".
(I agree it's not stylistically en_GB. I don't see what's wrong with the established "Sort desktop icons by name")
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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.
Bruno
Isn't 'sort desktop icons by name' a bit wordy/long though? You are essentially 'alphabetising' them?
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I'll lean on my teaching experience here. While "Sort desktop icons by
name" has more words it's far easier to understand and process.
Sort
desktop icons
by name
It makes sense and all words are one or two syllables. "Alphabetise"
is not only a difficult word to read, it's too long to read in one go
(people read primarily by word shape not by individual letters; also
notice how you (probably) have to move your eyes to read "alpha" and
"betise" separately).
Finally, I'd argue the actual length difference is negligible:
Alphabetise = 11 chars
Sort by name = 12 chars inc. spaces
"Never utilise a lengthier word on the occasion a shorter equivalent
will suffice."
Jonathon
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^ exactly the intent. <br>
I had no idea there would be disdain for such a harmless word as
'alphabetise' much less that it was <i>difficult to read</i>(?),
but if the consensus is for 'sort by name', i'll have the team see
to it for Utopic. <br>
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