[net.nlang] bi-centennial

done (01/14/83)

Following that logic, I guess the word "biased" really means "half-assed".
-- Don Ellis  Tektronix, Inc.  tektronix!teklabs!done

trb (01/14/83)

Re: Bisexual
Just to muddy things up a bit...

Though there may be no semisexual, and bisexual has more twoness than
halfness (maybe),  I think of bisect (bisectual?) as halving more
halfness than twoness.  Maybe it should be semisect.  (demi hemi?)

	Obfuscatorilly yours,
	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491

presley (01/16/83)

You mean that a bit is half a t?

jfw (01/17/83)

"You mean that a bit is half a t?"
Worse yet, consider a "bit" meaning 2 t's, ergo it is really
bitt, which is twice 2 t's, ergo it is really
bitttt, which is........