I've been thinking about the names we give our metaphors and what effect those have.

We have the Desktop metaphor, with files and folders.
The metaphor is of sitting at a desk doing paperwork.

AmigaOS used a workbench metaphor instead. It had all the same parts but all the names were different.
Desktop -> Workbench (also spacial file manager)
Data files -> Projects
Executables -> Tools
Folders -> Drawers
And software was built from gadgets, not widgets.

The metaphor here was of being at a workbench, building things.

I have to wonder what, if any, effect that had on people who grew up with them.

Maybe we need to be more careful with naming things?