Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 23, 2003, 5:14 |
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On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 11:32 , Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Robert Wilson <han_solo55@...>:
>>
[snip]
>> from the entry "man" in the american heritage dictionary:
>> "...
>> 2. Any human being, regardless of sex or age; a member of the human race;
>> a person.
>
> I know people who would take extreme offense at this use ...
Quite so - that's why I regret English does not make the distinction
between
'human person regardless of age & sex' (Latin 'homo', Greek 'anthro:pos')
and
'adult male human' (Latin 'uir', Ancient Greek 'ane:r', Mod. Gr. 'andras')
.
Ray
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