On Monday, May 13, 2002 at 10:29:43 (-0700) Devine, James writes: > >> Hey, just about the whole world is heterodox! > >hey, why is the logical opposite of heterodox called "orthodox" when the >logical opposite of heterosexual is called "homosexual"? > >orthophobically yours,
Because "ortho" means "right" or "correct", and "homo" means "same"; the former is normative, the latter is not. I guess we want to be of the Right doxa (opinion), and of course being of hetero- or ortho- opinions would imply being homo-, as well. Bill
