ColdWater@lemmy.ca to KDE@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish · edit-21 year agoI somehow turn my Recycled Bin into Wastebin.lemmy.caimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1100
arrow-up1100imageI somehow turn my Recycled Bin into Wastebin.lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to KDE@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 year agoMaybe a translation thing? American vs British English?
minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-21 year agois wastebin an American English word? because I changed mine from GB English to AC English after having issue with locale setting.
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-21 year agoIt is not; it’s a distinctly British-influenced if not outright British term. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_container
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoMight it be some version in a formerly British colonised country? Sometimes they use more archaic expression in English, idk
minus-squareHouseWolf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve only used British-English and it’s Wastebin for me.
Maybe a translation thing? American vs British English?
is wastebin an American English word? because I changed mine from GB English to AC English after having issue with locale setting.
It is not; it’s a distinctly British-influenced if not outright British term.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_container
Might it be some version in a formerly British colonised country?
Sometimes they use more archaic expression in English, idk
That does not narrow things down.
deleted by creator
I’ve only used British-English and it’s Wastebin for me.