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Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Thursday, November 11, 1999, 6:32
Brook Conner wrote:

> polygamous - having multiple spouses (spice :-), no gender specified > > polyandrous - having multiple husbands (i.e., male "spice") > > polygynous - having multiple wives (i.e., female "spice") > > polyamorous - any or all of the above, plus other stuff too.
polydactyl - having multiple fingers. But don't we have multiple fingers anyway? Why isn't the term hyperdactyl? (to mean having more than your FAIR SHARE of fingers.) I've always wondered about this. Sally -- ============================================================ SALLY CAVES scaves@frontiernet.net http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves (bragpage) http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html (T. homepage) http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/contents.html (all else) ===================================================================== Niffodyr tweluenrem lis teuim an. "The gods have retractible claws." from _The Gospel of Bastet_ ============================================================