Gee, Becky. I thought they were talking about mounting! Karl Wolz > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of AhYouBecky@xxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:58 PM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: conservation mounting >=20 > Wow, I've been unable to spend time reading mail from the list for a > while....... hmmmmm......I thought I was going to read about "mounting", but > nooooooooo, you boys are talking about ........ > I can't help but laugh. MEN! >=20 >=20 >=20 > Actually, no, it doesn't mean "to ejaculate" (I've read this explanation > before). It means "to spurt, squirt". So depending on the liquid being > spurt, it can mean "to ejaculate", but not in the general sense. >=20 > So literally, a "gicl=E9" print would mean a print made by spurting or > squirting some liquid, which is exactly what it is, but I do agree that > it's a pretentious way to say inkjet. It wouldn't be the first time that > using a French term makes something sound better! >=20 > Manu >=20 > -- > www.schnetzler.com >=20 > Don Feinberg wrote: >=20 > > I know that I'm fighting the classic losing battle, but I can't stand it any > > more! > > > > People: In French: gicler (the infinitive) means "to ejaculate". In slang, > > "gicler" is used as the English "to piss". > > > > Why do we have to have speak about "giclee" prints? Are they saying > > something about the printing process about which I'm unaware? Yes, > > pretentious indeed! :-) :-) >=20 > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the > same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and > unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.