I hate naming things.

[denny]

Words. Tricksy little buggers.

So, you're using an online shop. You click 'buy' on something shiny. The place the site stores the list of shiny things which you intend to buy should best be named... what?

Poll #1453 Tomayto, tomahto...

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28

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I live in the UK, and it should be called...

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basket
18 (85.7%)

cart
1 (4.8%)

something else (see comment)
2 (9.5%)

I live in the US and it should be called...

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basket
3 (50.0%)

cart
2 (33.3%)

something else (see comment)
1 (16.7%)

I live somewhere far more interesting than those choices, and it should be called...

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basket
0 (0.0%)

cart
1 (100.0%)

something else (see comment)
0 (0.0%)

PS: I'm in a really good mood today. Apparently the euphoria of having the first serious client sign up for some work from Shiny Ideas (on Friday just gone) is going to hang around and/or recur for a while. Which is nice :)

Comments

[ciphergoth]

Standardization beats charm. Cart.