But if you pick it apart, it kind of seems like it would mean "the anatomy of men". And that might be considered sexist. And maybe gross to some. So maybe that's why.
--i put the men in menotomy Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:38:21 +0000
Or, as I'm sure the makers of
http://www.arlingtontour.com/place1.html would attest, it too easily becomes "Monotony"
--Kirk Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:21:28 +0000
it IS rather monotonous.
--FoSO Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:22:35 +0000
But also melifulous!
We wouldn't have to envision (or whatever the audio version of that word is) the T conductor going "AAAAHW-ling-ton" because of the stop that shares the name.
--Kirk Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:43:58 +0000
Menotomy could also sound like an Scientological operation-- getting some male operating thetans (men OT) extracted.
--LAN3 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:36:19 +0000