Digital BW, The Print

FYI\ufffdRest assured that the word \ufffdgiclee\ufffd is very proper
to use. 
Here is what it means according to the Hachette
Dictionary: \ufffdgicl\ufffde n. f. Jet de liquide qui gicle.
Une gicl\ufffde de sang.  
And here is how it is translated by the Harrap\ufffds :
1-spirt, squirt (of water, blood); burst (of
machine-gun fire)  2- spray (of petrol into
carburetor).
It is not a \ufffdslang\ufffd word even though it can be used as
such by extension (e.g. une giclee de sperm) and from
my knowledge of the French language, it is quite an
appropriate definition of a part of the process of the
Iris printing technology. 
And btw I am really French lol ! 
Benoit

--- Alan Zinn <AZinn@...> wrote:
> At 01:45 PM 2/10/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >  In response to Jerry's early post..  I referred
> to
> >the print in my original post as "inkjet" because
> that
> >was all I could gather from it.  I couldn't tell if
> >the inks were carbon or dye, nor could I tell if
> the
> >paper was rag or fiber(it was matte, though).  Nor
> was
> >it labeled as such.  
> >  So, I just called it an inkjet print, which
> >*without* labeling, is the only thing you could
> safely
> >call any of our prints. (better hope they don't
> loose
> >your labels;)
> >  And I know Gicl\ufffde sounds a bit pretentious, but
> why
> >the high level of animosity towards this word? 
> Never
> >quite understood the reasoning.
> >
> >  -Daniel Perez
> >   Dallas, TX
> >
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> 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.
> Worse, it is a pitiful, self-conscious attempt at
> frenchifying something to
> make it seem more cultured. The thinking must have
> been that it is a word
> that would appeal to those prissy-pants gallery
> types - give the
> vulgar-sounding vernacular a boost in class.  Before
> this "special" word was
> invented galley sales people could only wave their
> hands and refer to some
> mysterious new process that they couldn't really
> explain without uttering
> the words "digital" or "ink-jet".
> 
> AZ
> 
> 
> Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.
> 
> www.geocities.com/soho/gallery/8874/
>          or
> keyword.com lookaround
> 
> 
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