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Re: men, elves, wolves, and robots; was: man, etc.

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Monday, December 27, 2004, 5:47
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Shannon" <fiziwig@...>


> --- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote: > > <snip> > >> I had an interesting dispute with someone once about >> the term gynoid. He >> insisted that all female robots be called gynoids, >> because the term android >> meant "like a male human." > > Since "android" seems to be getting shortened to > "droid" in recent SF perhaps we should lauch a > preemptive strike and simply shorten "gynoid" to > "noid" to begin with. > > A lot of men would find "a noid" to be a good match > with "a woman". I know I've been a-noid by any number > of women in the past, ;-)
:) No, you've got it backwards, Gary. It's a terrific match for the woman robot, a 'noid with any number of human men, women, children and presidents in years past. ;-) Actually, 'noids sounds like "nerds" in Brooklyn.
> Besides, gynoids sound too much like gonads for my > taste.
Damn straight! :) Another reason not to like it. Not that there's anything wrong with gonads, though. Sally