On Wednesday 03 May 2006 15:53, Rob was like: > On Wed May 3 2006 06:13, tim hall wrote: > > Compare the phrases "Now I'm going to teach you how to use a > > GIMP mask" and "Those drums would sound better on smack". I'm > > being deliberately ironic here, but my serious point is how do > > they make you feel? > > I had a lover who was a heroin addict and contracted HIV through > shared needles and later died. (No, I'm not trolling or being > facetious; I just don't have time to write how it affected me or > how my life changed.) Nonetheless, "smack" still means "the > sound something makes when you hit it" to me, and not "street > term for heroin." > > I think it's a fine name. (I don't feel that way about the > Gimp.) Maybe if we get some other people whose lives have been > impacted by heroin to chime in, the question will be settled > quickly one way or the other. OK, so I'm out on a limb here. It's just that the only colloquial usage of the word 'smack' round these parts is drug abuse and violence. Perhaps I've just seen too much of both. I know full well what GIMP means, but I find it mildly amusing, perhaps because I'm naive when it comes to s&m. It is entirely up to the developer what they call their software, I'm not going to get all righteous about it, because that _would_ be nuts. However it is an issue that I feel strongly enough about to be moved to post something. Mostly I wanted to check that you were aware of colloquial usage. I understand that the Rolls-Royce Silver Mist was renamed because it didn't sound so good in German. Now I know that the issue has been considered I will keep my peace. Thanks for your passionate replies!-) -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
