... She explained polyamory to her mother-in-law, whose response was "That's just wrong.... It should be either multiamory or polyphilia, but this mixing of Greek and Latin roots? No. Wrong."
Frighteningly enough, when MTV did one of its 'Real Life' documentaries on polyamory a few years ago, that was the very first thing they pointed out.
I suspect Kurt Loder, being from a legit journalistic background, refused to be involved with the thing if they didn't correct that straight out of the box.
Speaking of linguistic conundrums, shouldn't the plural of octopus be octopodes rather than octopi?
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Date: 20 Oct 2004 06:16 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 20 Oct 2004 07:57 (UTC)I suspect Kurt Loder, being from a legit journalistic background, refused to be involved with the thing if they didn't correct that straight out of the box.
Speaking of linguistic conundrums, shouldn't the plural of octopus be octopodes rather than octopi?
And what's the plural for doofus anyway?
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Date: 20 Oct 2004 08:19 (UTC)Only if the singular is octopod.
Octopus is of Greek origin, rather than Latin...
Date: 20 Oct 2004 08:32 (UTC)Octopus comes from the Greek words okto, which means 'eight' and pous which means 'feet'. The Greek plural form of pous is podes, hence octopodes.
Re: Octopus is of Greek origin, rather than Latin...
Date: 20 Oct 2004 13:31 (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Oct 2004 09:01 (UTC)Only if men are involved
Date: 21 Oct 2004 02:45 (UTC)Re: Only if men are involved
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Date: 21 Oct 2004 06:05 (UTC)Re: Only if men are involved
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