ColdWater@lemmy.ca to KDE@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish · 1 year agoI somehow turn my Recycled Bin into Wastebin.lemmy.caimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12
arrow-up198arrow-down1imageI somehow turn my Recycled Bin into Wastebin.lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to KDE@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19linkfedilink
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-up26·1 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-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoMight it be some version in a formerly British colonised country? Sometimes they use more archaic expression in English, idk
minus-squareddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI didn’t know Animal Crossing had it’s own English version!
minus-squareHouseWolf@lemm.eedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
I didn’t know Animal Crossing had it’s own English version!
I’ve only used British-English and it’s Wastebin for me.