Mailinglist Archives:
Infrared
Panorama
Photo-3D
Tech-3D
Sell-3D
MF3D

Notice
This mailinglist archive is frozen since May 2001, i.e. it will stay online but will not be updated.
<-- Date Index --> <-- Thread Index --> [Author Index]

No Subject

>But why on Earth are those flat *disks* produced by Viewmaster called 'reels'? And why does everybody accept such a blatant misuse of the English language? 

If you'll take your tongue out of your cheek long enough to read the ENTIRE definition of "reel", you'll find that many of the definitions refer merely to spinning or turning, which a View-Master "reel" does. 


------------------------------