6 Dec
2020
6 Dec
'20
21:17
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:39:06 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
it is back to "perception". I am American, understand the negative usage of "gimp" which is definitely not "GIMP" and understand that the title/name of the graphic application is not intended to be derogatory, and there is that term "intended", I do not find it undesirable.
Context is important. I was having a conversation with coworkers, and brought up the BBC TV Programme "Mock the Week". That has a decidedly different meaning from what was heard, which was "Mock the Weak". A quick explanation avoided a problem. Simple. -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits