[Karmic] Heads up

Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Thu Sep 24 10:19:23 UTC 2009


Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> On Thu, September 24, 2009 06:43, Andrew Farris wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 20:50 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>     
>>> 3. Applications|Add/Remove has been replaced by "Ubuntu Software
>>> Store".
>>>       
>> I think it's kinda inappropriate to call it a 'software store' since
>> you're not actually buying anything... It could give the wrong
>> impression to new users that have constantly been told that they dont
>> have to pay for anything, ubuntu is free, etc... they they log in, and
>> see this 'software store' thing and think oh look...theres the catch...
>>     
>
> A store is only a place where you can buy things in North America.
> Everywhere else in the world a store is a place to store things.
> Synonyms: storehouse, warehouse, storage, depot.
> Compare with the French magasin (originally from Arabic via Italian),
> which means warehouse, but also means shop.
>
> So actually software store is very appropriate for a non-native speaker
> like me. English is only my third language, after Dutch and French.
> I particulary like the dual meaning of warehouse/shop.
>
>   

I guess that makes American your fourth language. I hope you do not have 
to learn Australian too. Moi, je parle de l'anglais seulement.

Now, if you will excuse me, I must go and see what colour I should 
choose for the case of the next batch of desktops.




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