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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Running into inkjet work....

2002-02-11 by Alan Zinn

At 09:02 AM 2/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> 
>> The word giclee is french slang that has a scatological connotation (to real
>> French people) and can mean ,like it's english equiv,. to whiz, piss, etc.
>> 
>
>Alan,
>
>
>Actually, at least in the south of France, that¹s not exactly how they use
>the word.  It's really a slang for ejaculate.  I had a very funny discussion
>with a gallery owner on my last trip there about that very word.  We laughed
>so hard about how it looks and sounds to the French when the see it used to
>describe a printing technique that we were in tears.
>
>Lawrence

Lawrence,

What a hoot!  A couple of list-members from France on other lists I'm on
have commented about it too.

AZ

Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.

www.geocities.com/soho/gallery/8874/
         or
keyword.com lookaround

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