Do you find it as annoying as I do that Mac OS X adds the word "alias" every time you create an alias?

Well, you can bypass the "adding-the-word-alias" uglies altogether by holding the Option and Command keys and clicking-and-dragging the original file outside the Finder window it's currently in (I usually just drag mine to the desktop). 

This creates an alias without the word "alias" attached. (Note: Don't worry, you'll still know it's an alias, because its icon will have a tiny arrow at the bottom left-hand corner.)

From Apple computer, Tip of the week