cont'd ...

I just wanted to add - that's another reason why I love
OLO so much. It keeps me active mentally - and I rely
on so much good advice from people that have come to mean
a great deal to me. It's a great and meaningful diversion
too - and stops me from feeling sorry for myself. It
gives me so much more to think about. So much worthwhile
conversation.

Dearest Foxy,

I hope you take Big Nana's advice, she's a very experienced nurse, so that you can be with us on OLO for many decades yet :)

Hey, where did the topic of the thread go ;)

Love,

Joe

Nah, Foxy with all that going on & our age I wouldn't. Try the Stretching exercises as big Nana would suggest. That's what I do. Although, I've been shoveling soil for the last week & I'll think I've over done it. So a week off for me. Still the job got to be finished.

I'm replacing Paver stairs down to my Shed. 6 Steps 5 Pavers wide then some Concrete at the bottom to meet up with the path.

Dear Joe,

We'll I did get side-tracked and off topic - big time.
My apologies to O Sung Wu. I guess I jumped in to have
a bit of a whinge when O Sung Wu said he wasn't
feeling the best - and off I went. Sorry.

But that's what we do all the time on OLO.

Dear Jayb.,

What you're doing sounds like a lot of work - I have
enough problems just going for my early morning walks.
Still - I feel worse if I don't do it.

Now back to the topic...

cont'd ...

Now, back to the topic.

Can any of you word experts tell me why do the following
words contain the "man, male, his," in them?
For example -

Woman and female, and human, and history (his story).

What are the origins?

Dear Foxy,

The Greek word "historia" of course had no association with gender, except that it is a feminine word (otherwise it would have been "historios" I suppose). Somebody will correct me on this :)

Perhaps the same accidental pseudo-association occurs with "man" and "human". "Man" would be derived from Germanic languages and probably originally meant "person" rather than anything gender-specific, while "human" would have been derived from the Latin "humanitas" (which again, is feminine).

Love,

Joe