What's in a word? or, Wednesday morning trivia.

[Nick R.]

In proper scientific terms, a photograph is?:

a) a camera

b) a negative

c) a print

d) a pictogram

e) a projected slide

 

[sepiareverb]

g) our collective obsession

 

[dazedgonebye]

I'm going with D.

 

[Sparrow]

d)
Greek vs. Latin?

 

[bmattock]

'photo' = 'light'
'graph' = 'recording instrument'

Therefore, in 'proper' terms, a photograph is a camera. However:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=15

photograph (n.)
1839, "picture obtained by photography," coined by Sir John Herschel from photo- + -graph "instrument for recording." It won out over other suggestions, such as photogene and heliograph. Neo-Anglo-Saxonists prefer sunprint. The verb and photography also are first attested 1839, all from a paper read before the Royal Society on March 14, 1839.

 

[bmattock]

Sir John also invented fixer. Just FYI.

 

[Sparrow]

Hi Bill, are you well?

 

[Nick R.]

Very good, Bill. Technically, I suppose, what we call a photograph should be called a photogram. (telelgraphs produce telegrams, yes?)

 

[Sparrow]

photo=light and graphikos=wrighting Greek
pictus=painted and graphein=to draw or write in Latin

 

[Nick R.]

photo=light and graphikos=wrighting Greek
pictus=painted and graphein=to draw or write in Latin

I threw in D as a 'red herring' but technically you are right (but I'm still giving Bill the credit).

 

[Sparrow]

I threw in D as a 'red herring' but technically you are right (but I'm still giving Bill the credit).

You’re just being soft on the old guy, because he’s come back

 

[ully]

A collection

A collection

of light and dark spots on some kind of holding media.

 

[Gid]

You’re just being soft on the old guy, because he’s come back

That's a good enough reason

Welcome back Bill.