Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

Don Blaheta wrote:
>
> Quoth Lars Henrik Mathiesen:
> > In fact, andro- and anthro- are quite distinct roots.
> >
> > Ane:r is man as opposed to woman; it comes out as andr- in oblique
> > cases because of a sound rule (intrusive homorganic stop).
> >
> > Anthro:pos is human as opposed to beast.
> >
> > And an artificial sexless human would properly be an anthropoid.
>
> Whereas Data (of ST:TNG) is _clearly_ actually an android. :)
>
        Even more, In First Contact, he says to the Borg Queen that he is
sexually complete and able to function :) (like the humaniform robots of
Asimov like Daneel by the way).

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