On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, yves wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:38:23 -0700 > From: yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Alan Horkan' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] Please Change the Derogatory Name > > Can somebody explain what is 'wrong' with that name? > Yves
"lameness: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet" http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Agimp This is the commonly understood meaning of the word for most English speakers and it is considered derogatory, like calling someone a cripple. Another less commonly used meaning - but well known from the film Pulp Fiction (1994) - can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp_(sadomasochism) The developers are very familiar with this meaning as it is referenced in the following bug report they insist on leaving open "Fun - GIMP becomes enraged upon donning of leather mask" http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10686 GIMP was started in 1995. There are other meanings such as a type of knot or braid but I was unfamiliar with those meanings until people tried to defend the name. -- Alan _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
