4 May
2006
4 May
'06
10:56 a.m.
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 15:53, Rob was like:
On Wed May 3 2006 06:13, tim hall wrote:
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
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.