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Old 03-27-2011, 11:31 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by cassidym View Post
Also interesting is that 'man' was originally not gender specific. It was short for 'human' and there were two kinds of humans:

- A wombed man or 'woman'
- A weaponed man or 'wepman'

But, over time, the 'wep' got dropped and 'wepman' became 'man'. Go figure
Wepman sounds like a second-rate super hero. Would pacifists be offended if you called them wepmen?
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