Re: Remove delete-overlay?

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

Miles Bader wrote:
> Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se> writes:
>> By the way, I agree with Lennart: while (to me) `delete' has
>> misleading connotations, `remove' is just right.
> 
> What connotations are those?
> 
> [For the most part, "remove" and "delete" are synonyms; I generally try
> to always pair add/remove and insert/delete, just to keep things tidy,
> but that's just me...]

Since I am non-english I had to consult a dictionary now:

- delete: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
- remove: to change the location, position -- but also to get rid of, 
eliminate

I think the first meaning of "remove" is what our teachers tell us.