Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

> Date:         Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:24:57 -0800
> From: Sally Caves <scaves@...>
> > Sort of like those human-shape robots in science fiction that are always
> > called androids even when (like those made by Mr. Harcourt Fenton Mudd)
> > they're gynecoid.
>
> True! But andro/anthro originally meant "human," and by extension of
> course, man. So a misanthropist is a hater of humankind. Not a hater
> of men, and is not an adequate parallel to misogynist.
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.

So misandrist would be perfectly 'correct' formation. In fact, I've
met feminists so-called who that label would fit better.

And an artificial sexless human would properly be an anthropoid.

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)