Re: Diapositive

2007-10-25 Thread Frits Wüthrich
In the Netherlands we also use dia instead of slide. dias (plural) diafilm diaprojector etc. Op Wo, 24 oktober, 2007 22:55, schreef Tom C: I just learned a new word. A friend asked me to scan some slides. The box he gave me has the phrase diapositives Kodak. I knew a slide is a positive of

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Same in Russian. Diapositive is valid Russian word. On 10/25/07, Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the Netherlands we also use dia instead of slide. dias (plural) diafilm diaprojector etc. Op Wo, 24 oktober, 2007 22:55, schreef Tom C: I just learned a new word. A friend asked

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-25 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
I would say that diapositiva/e is used in most (if not all) the languages with latin origin, like Spanish, French, Italian... - Mensaje original De: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: pdml@pdml.net Enviado: miércoles, 24 de octubre, 2007 22:55:19 Asunto: Diapositive I just learned a new

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-25 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 25, 2007, at 2:59, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: I would say that diapositiva/e is used in most (if not all) the languages with latin origin, like Spanish, French, Italian... I seem to recall that was the word used when I lived in Germany, too. FWIW. Just Dia though, without the

RE: Diapositive

2007-10-25 Thread Bob W
diapositiv in Romanian and Romansch -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson Sent: 25 October 2007 14:32 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Diapositive On Oct 25, 2007, at 2:59, Jaume Lahuerta wrote

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-25 Thread Margus Männik
Same here in Estonia (diapositiiv in estonian language). Last ten years or so, english slide (slaid in estonian) have been more and more popular. Fresher photographers, of course, don't understand either words... BR, Margus Boris Liberman wrote: Same in Russian. Diapositive is valid

Diapositive

2007-10-24 Thread Tom C
I just learned a new word. A friend asked me to scan some slides. The box he gave me has the phrase diapositives Kodak. I knew a slide is a positive of course, but I had never heard it with a dia- prefix. Something to keep in mind for Scrabble. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-24 Thread Thibouille
It is the french word for slides. Dia means through in ancient greek if I'm not mistaken so a diapossitive is a positive you look at by projecting a light source through it. In fact you look at the image produced on a support (I know you know that ;). -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-24 Thread Toralf Lund
, and most people didn't understand what he was talking about. The term diapositive, or more often just dia for short, is quite common around here. It's also the usual word for (photographic) slide in German, I think It's apparently less frequently used in English, but still included in my Oxford

RE: Diapositive

2007-10-24 Thread Bob W
In French diapo is the word for 'slide'. It's always been printed on slide boxes that I've seen. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: 24 October 2007 21:55 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Diapositive I just learned

Re: Diapositive

2007-10-24 Thread Thibouille
Usuakky we use in french 'dia' or 'diapo' rather than the entire word 'diapositive'. On 10/24/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In French diapo is the word for 'slide'. It's always been printed on slide boxes that I've seen. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED