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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Monica Hall
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:14 AM
To: howard posner
Cc: Lutelist
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness
You might be interested to know that the The Random House
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An: 'Monica Hall'; 'howard posner'
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Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness
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From: Mathias Roesel mathias.roe...@t-online.de
To: 'Lutelist' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:25 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness
Erm, did somebody mention already that gyne in Greek is neither
a-declension
nor o-declension? It's
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From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com
To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 12:24 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Gynocentricityness
On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
If there is such a word it should be gynAEcentric.
cf.
GynEcology. British AE is generally American E.
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Monica Hall [1]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
wrote:
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[2]howardpos...@ca.rr.com
To: Lutelist [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011
On Jul 3, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Monica Hall wrote:
Or American? Do you refer to Gynocology in the States?
I rarely refer to gynecology, regardless of what state I'm in, and I would
definitely avoid the word in Utah, especially on a Sunday. I sometimes refer
to my wife's OB guy.
You might be
You might be interested to know that the The Random House Dictionary of
the English Language, Unabridged Edition (1968) p. 632, defines gyno- as
a learned borrowing from Greek meaning 'female,' 'woman,' used in the
formation of compound words [e.g.] gynophore.
Which is American. I checked
On Jul 3, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Monica Hall wrote:
Which is American. I checked the Complete Oxford Dictionary on-line and all
the sources it quotes seem to be American
You seem to imply that if they're American, they don't count...
Well - we all know Americans spell things in a funny
Hi, Monica and all,
It's gynEcology here. Or GYN, pronounced Gee-why-en.
Best,
Chris.
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Monica Hall [1]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
wrote:
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[2]howardpos...@ca.rr.com
To: Lutelist
On Jul 3, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Karen Hore wrote:
In mild defence of the inhabitants of that collection of islands with toes in
the North and Irish Seas, the Atlantic Ocean, and that much quarrelled over
stretch of water La Manche/The English Channel. Their venerable
lexicographical
That makes sense - presumably you don't like dipthongs in the States.
Monica
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From: [1]Christopher Stetson
To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]Lutelist
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness
Hi, Monica
Dictionary.com confirms gynocentric. But what does it have to do with
lutes? Gynocentricism seems unikely in the period when lutes were
popular.
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 7:24 PM, howard posner
[1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote:
On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
I find lutes to be decidedly gynomorphic.
RT
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From: David Smith david.smith...@gmail.com
To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:38 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness
Dictionary.com confirms gynocentric. But what does it have
Well, maybe not as gynomorphic as a French horn.
RT
From: Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp
In a pregnant state? I find guitars more of a feminine shape.
On Jul 3, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
I find lutes to be decidedly gynomorphic.
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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