anthropophagy

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 9, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Larry Horn wrote:
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> On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
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>>> (Larry knows that the "men" here is the old use for 'human being' (anthropophagy, not andropophagy).)
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> Guilty as charged, but I'd prefer "androphagy" myself for the latter custom.

yes, of course.  my version was a typo.

arnold

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