> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:13:30 +0100 Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
> writes:
> > The
> > Latin would
> > have the added advantage that 'homo' is epicene (the specifically
> > adult
> > male
> > being 'uir', and adult female 'mulier' or 'femina') unlike English
> > 'Man'.
> > But, alas,
> > 'tis not so.
>
> 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 ...
Andreas
> 3. The human race; mankind. Used without an article: the accomplishments
> of man.
> 4. Zoology. A member of the genus Homo, family Hominidae, order Primates,
> class Mammalia, characterized by erect posture and an opposable thumb;
> especially, a member of the only extant species, Homo sapiens,
> distinguished by the ability to communicate by means of organized speech
> and to record information in a variety of symbolic systems.
> ...
> 6. Theology. In Christianity and Judaism, a being composed of a body and
> a soul or spirit.
> ..."
>
> > Maybe I should've just written just plain ol' prosaic: "...us
> > humans."
>
> actually, i probably would have just written "man" because it's so much
> shorter... out of all 13 definitions of man given in this dictionary,
> only #3 above is a collective, so it would be completely unambiguous,
> too.
>
> > Ray
>
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