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From: mitchell@cs.uchicago.edu (Pan troglodytes)
Subject: Re: "Person" oops... "Peroffspring"
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In article <5r0crf$9bu@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com>, lstowell@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) wrote:
> Herman Rubin <hrubin@b.stat.purdue.edu> wrote:
> >Of course the "man" in "manage" does not come from any source 
> >meaning a male, but from the Latin root meaning "hand".  
> 
>    Exactly.  And we non-latin speaking feet are extremely upset
>    at this obvious attempt to demean us and lower our place in
>    society.  
> 

Careful now!  If you admit to liking feet the pseudo-Latinists 
will try to call you a pedophile.



-- 

 your fond cousin,

             Pan troglodytes
