diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' metacity-2.27.1/src/core/prefs.c metacity-2.27.1.new/src/core/prefs.c
--- metacity-2.27.1/src/core/prefs.c	2009-09-10 16:46:11.000000000 +1000
+++ metacity-2.27.1.new/src/core/prefs.c	2009-09-10 16:46:12.000000000 +1000
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@
 #else
   int i;
   for (i = 0; i < MAX_REASONABLE_WORKSPACES; i++)
-    workspace_names[i] = g_strdup_printf (_("Workspace %d"), i + 1);
+    workspace_names[i] = g_strdup_printf (_("Desk %d"), i + 1);
 
   meta_topic (META_DEBUG_PREFS,
               "Initialized workspace names\n");
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@
       /* use a default name */
       char *d;
 
-      d = g_strdup_printf (_("Workspace %d"), i + 1);
+      d = g_strdup_printf (_("Desk %d"), i + 1);
       if (workspace_names[i] && strcmp (workspace_names[i], d) == 0)
         {
           g_free (d);
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@
   g_return_if_fail (i >= 0 && i < MAX_REASONABLE_WORKSPACES);
 
   meta_topic (META_DEBUG_PREFS,
-              "Changing name of workspace %d to %s\n",
+              "Changing name of Desk %d to %s\n",
               i, name ? name : "none");
 
   /* This is a bad hack. We have to treat empty string as
@@ -2538,7 +2538,7 @@
       (name && workspace_names[i] && strcmp (name, workspace_names[i]) == 0))
     {
       meta_topic (META_DEBUG_PREFS,
-                  "Workspace %d already has name %s\n",
+                  "Desk %d already has name %s\n",
                   i, name ? name : "none");
       return;
     }
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@
   
   if (err)
     {
-      meta_warning (_("Error setting name for workspace %d to \"%s\": %s\n"),
+      meta_warning (_("Error setting name for Desk %d to \"%s\": %s\n"),
                     i, name ? name : "none",
                     err->message);
       g_error_free (err);
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' metacity-2.27.1/src/ui/menu.c metacity-2.27.1.new/src/ui/menu.c
--- metacity-2.27.1/src/ui/menu.c	2009-09-09 06:55:35.000000000 +1000
+++ metacity-2.27.1.new/src/ui/menu.c	2009-09-10 16:46:12.000000000 +1000
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@
   g_assert (name != NULL);
   
   /*
-   * If the name is of the form "Workspace x" where x is an unsigned
+   * If the name is of the form "Desk x" where x is an unsigned
    * integer, insert a '_' before the number if it is less than 10 and
    * return it
    */
   number = 0;
-  if (sscanf (name, _("Workspace %d%n"), &number, &charcount) != 0 &&
+  if (sscanf (name, _("Desk %d%n"), &number, &charcount) != 0 &&
       *(name + charcount)=='\0')
     {
       char *new_name;
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@
        * a copy copy so we can have our wicked way with it.
        */
       if (number == 10)
-        new_name = g_strdup_printf (_("Workspace 1_0"));
+        new_name = g_strdup_printf (_("Desk 1_0"));
       else
-        new_name = g_strdup_printf (_("Workspace %s%d"),
+        new_name = g_strdup_printf (_("Desk %s%d"),
                                     number < 10 ? "_" : "",
                                     number);
       return new_name;