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Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Sunday, October 26, 2003, 5:05
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> At 15:18 25.10.2003, Costentin Cornomorus wrote: > > >--- Joe <joe@...> wrote: > > > > > I suggest that Males are referred to as Wepmen, > > > and we adopt 'man' as the gender-neutral term. > > What's _wep-_ here. Not knowing I don't get it...
See Joe's post. It's coming from _wæpnedman_, weaponed man. -- Tristan.