On Mon, 15 May 2006, Fennec wrote:
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 15:11:17 -0400
From: Fennec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: GIMP Developer gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp connotations ?
Well... I don't think I've even seen an IBM product with a name as bad
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
In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word gimp anywhere on
my CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha)
when explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it.
Remember that not in all languages the gimp word has funny connotations,
but only in
On 5/14/06, Florent Monnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word gimp anywhere on my CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha) when explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it.
Remember that not in all languages
Also, Gimp == cripple, pejorative (sometimes derogatory, insulting, bad) term for someone with a disability - i.e. After twisting his ankle, he sure is a gimp.
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