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Re: [OM] A note from Brian

Subject: Re: [OM] A note from Brian
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:34:04 -0800
On 2/17/2015 8:38 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Depends. Here, it's spelled i-n-k-j-e-t.  On an artist's webpage it's spelled 
giclée.  :-)

To me, it's spelled 'pretentious' with overtones of 'clueless' The word is French, formally means something like 'spurt', but is also slang for ejaculate, you know, that fluid full of sperm.

I learned this long ago, possibly in Harald Johnson's excellent book, "Mastering Digital Printing", but see that it's in Wikipedia, as well, which is easier to reference on line. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e>

I guess it could refer to a way for a male artist to sign their work, to assure 
authenticity. ;-)

It's fun when a newly invented word or usage of a foreign word may be traced 
exactly to its origin.

All this may, I suppose, be why the Philippe gently suggests "jet d'encre"?

A Rose by any Other Moose

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