Re: CHAT: Homo Sapiens (was: fiery spirits)
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 23, 2003, 5:27 |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Ray Brown wrote:
> > 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')
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> What about "human" or "person"?
Yeah, well you still need one for 'male person'. There isn't really one,
and it seems that whenever one gets created (e.g. guy) it becomes neutral.
'Bloke' is sort of an exception, but I think it's more specific than just
'male adult person'.
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Tristan <kesuari@...>
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