Poly

[kmusser]

Stolen from metaquotes:

... 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."

Comments

[kalkail.livejournal.com]

I love it! Muahaha! I must pass this on to positivepoly.

[chelona.livejournal.com]

Good one! Thanks. :)

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

Go, mom. Perfect.

[mossneko.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that bugs... ;-)

[principia.livejournal.com]

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?

And what's the plural for doofus anyway?

[winterbadger]

Speaking of linguistic conundrums, shouldn't the plural of octopus be octopodes rather than octopi?

Only if the singular is octopod.

Octopus is of Greek origin, rather than Latin...

[principia.livejournal.com]

...which is why 'octopi' is linguistically incorrect.

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.

[storvik.livejournal.com]

Isn't the "mixing of roots" a large part of what polyamory is about?

Re: Octopus is of Greek origin, rather than Latin...

[winterbadger]

I stand corrected. I had always assumed that "octopus" was faux Latin. Instead, it's faux Greek. :-)

Only if men are involved

[mib-khan.livejournal.com]

I just think that anyone involved in poly needs a parrot that they're required to train to say "Poly wanna lover?"

Re: Only if men are involved

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who describes herself as bi-bi-poly-poly (bipolar, bisexual, polyamorous, polytheistic).

Re: Only if men are involved

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

Those components tell me that she's confused, indecisive, greedy, and covering all her bases. Let me guess...aurienne?

Re: Only if men are involved

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

Yes. Actually, I haven't heard her use the term lately -- might have something to do with her impending marriage.

Re: Only if men are involved

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

Sounds like she's come to at least some decisions. Guess that means they won't be serving waffles at the wedding reception.