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Joe

@techpengu @georgebaily @GIMP Notice the order. The most common meaning is listed first. I have a lot of respect for the project and the program, but the name is not the best. I suggested GNU IMP as it then still expands to GNU Image Manipulation Program. There are other possibilities.

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techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP The order is still biased on region, right?

English these days becomes such a global language to the point each region makes it own rules and meaning.

In English Asia, Singaporean English, or Malaysian English, gimp as a slur is simply irrelevant.

Forcing American or British English as the default is racist.

Ryan Dormanesh

@techpengu @not2b @georgebaily @GIMP Forget the order, NONE of the definitions have anything relevant to the program. Also please watch the film Pulp Fiction, it was a major release in the 90s with viewers across the globe, and anyone who has seen it has a horrible horrible character brought to mind by this name.

Alma

@techpengu maksudnya si George, Joe itu sama aja kaya pakai kata "lonte" terus itu dijadiin nama aplikasi 😂. Banyak native english-speaker gak suka nama "GIMP" karena itu emang culturally gak enak didengar dan bermakna negatif.

Kalau kamu mikir "artiin suatu kata dalam english = rasis" itu gak benar. Rasis darimana? Toh kalau misalkan ada app buatan bule yang pakai nama "kont*l", kamu sebagai orang indo mungkin gak bakalan suka karena bagimu culturally itu bermakna jelek.

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