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As a non-native English speaker I always confused "sign in" and "sing up". I would prefer totally different words like "Enter" and "Register".

• kijin 5y ago
  Yeah, those two phrases look too similar. What happened to good old "login" anyway?
  • notatoad 5y ago
    from the meeting where it was explained to me that we couldn't use "login", it is too technical-sounding and not friendly enough. "log in" is computer language, "sign in" is human language.
    • yoz-y 5y ago
      What is the origin of sign in? I imagine the old days when you needed to sign a book when entering premises? Is this the floppy disk for save action of web jargon?
      • notatoad 5y ago
        That's exactly it - you sign the guestbook when you arrive at the hotel.
• bluedino 5y ago
  You want to enter a site you're already on?
  • 725686 5y ago
    As I said, English is not my native tongue. Choose whatever synonyms are appropriate. Even google translate gets confused. If I enter "sing in" it translates it to Spanish as "registrarse" which is actually "sign up"! How about using enroll, or register instead of "sign up"?