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

----- 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