Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 16:01 |
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"Grandsire, C.A." wrote:
> Exactly. But strangely polygamous is used only to refer to a man with
> various wifes.
I have always understood "polygamy" to include polyandry as well as polygyny,
though since polyandry is so rare, it is not surprising that a partial
semantic shift would occur.
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