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["James Purchase" <jpurch@interlog.com>]

>This may be a my local vernacular, but I think what you are calling
>transparencies, I call slides.

I'm Canadian. In Canada, and I suspect in a lot of other countries, the word
"transparency", when used in relation to a physical photograph, is usually
clearly understood. The term "slide" probably comes from the way projectors
physically move the cardboard encased film clip into the image path.
Actually, I use either term, pretty much interchangeably.

But I don't wish to confuse anybody <g>. I suggest that both terms be used -
that way Americans and the rest of the world will understand. <g>

James Purchase
Toronto

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