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Re: 3D or RELIEF ?

  • From: P3D Alexander Klein <klein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: 3D or RELIEF ?
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jun 96 20:52:54 CEDT
P3D John W Roberts  <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >From: P3D Eric Muller <emuller@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> >Being French, I wonder why nobody use "the relief" instead of "the third
> >dimension" or "3D" ?
> 
> It's not precisely wrong, but it's not customary, and it would not be
> easily understood. In English, "relief" is used mainly to indicate a release
> from pain or discomfort.

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After seeing so many flat images in the media, it's always a relief for
me to watch 3D!!

alex


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