Florent Monnier wrote:
What are these funny connotations in the English language ?
Could someone explain me ?
The results returned from Googling for define: gimp include these:
# lameness: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
# limp: walk impeded by some physical
William Skaggs wrote:
The results returned from Googling for define: gimp include these:
Sadomasochistic practice often features in the notion
of the gimp, with a partnership between gimp and dominatrix (or dominant).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp_(sadomasochism)
Imagine how a gimp must
Well... I don't think I've even seen an IBM product with a name as bad
as The GIMP. I think a name change would be a good idea- it might be a
little damaging in the short term, yes - just imagine all the fun that
the various Linux distros would have, for instance - but would probably
lead to a
Fennec wrote:
You'd need a real initiative from the real Top Brass people to change
the name, though, or it would never happen - until then, arguments about
it are just so much hot air.
ACK.
BTW, the The isn't part of the name, although it has been used a lot
in the past (including my sig,
À (At) 15h11 -0400 15/05/06, Fennec écrivait (wrote) :
Well... I don't think I've even seen an IBM product with a name as
bad as The GIMP. I think a name change would be a good idea- it
might be a little damaging in the short term, yes - just imagine all
the fun that the various Linux distros
