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

From:# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
Date:Sunday, December 26, 2004, 20:25
>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." So the phrase "female android" was >tautological, he argued. I conceded that he had a point, but that "gynoid" >was so ugly, and "android" had unfortunately lost its gendered sense. And >besides, it was so ingrained in science fiction and popular parlance that >he would have a tough time establishing it. > >However, how many of you SF fans out there find that "gynoid" is gaining >ground as the preferred term for female android? Uck! It reminds me of >"gynecology."
I dont talk as a SF fan but it depends of how you pronouce it is it [dZinoid], [dZinojd], [Zinoid], or [Zinojd]? these are not all so ugly..

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