> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:33:44 +1300
> From: andrew <hobbit@...>
> I was watching a British documentary on human sexuality last week and
> got irritated enough to talk back at the tv. Apparently women can be
> polygamous with their male partners! Obviously polyandrous is a
> top-shelf word.
And polygynous an even topper shelf one.
The 'gam-' root in Greek is not sex-specific, as far as I remember.
For instance, gamete is the common word for egg and sperm.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)