On 30 July 2014 18:11, Alan Lord (News) <alansli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 30/07/14 17:49, Dave Morley wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:41:21 +0100
>> Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> "Alphabetise Desktop Icons"...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> OED says yes :)
>>>
>>> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/
>>> alphabetize?q=alphabetise
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Al.
>>>
>>
> 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
>


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")

J
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