tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 06 03:15:52 1994
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Re: xeno- and exo-
On Tue, 5 Jul 1994, Susan Farmer wrote:
> O.K., so these aren't purely klingon questions, but y'all *are* linguists.
> :-)
>
> So what is the difference is Exo- and Xeno- as prefixes? What is the
> difference in Exosociology and Xenosociology? If you were doing a
> report on Klingon mating customs, would it be a Xenosociology Report
> or an Exosociology Report? Any why?
>
I would prefer to use Xenosociology because Xeno means "outsider" "alien,"
or "foreigner." The use of the xeno- prefix indicates that the writer is
not of the same race that they are writing about. (IMHO.)
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