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Old Sat Feb 16, 2008, 10:40pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
The title of my post referred to the famous Broadway singer, Ethel Morman.
Well, then you still spelled it wrong. Her name is Merman.

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Aren't there still some Mormons that practice polygomy, however with multiple wives and one husband, rather than one wife and multiple husbands, as I was referring to in the post?
One wife and several husbands is called polyandry. One husband and several wives is popularly referred to as polygamy, although it should be called polygyny. Polygamy is the "generic" for either of the two.

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I believe that there's a Utahref on the NFHS forum? Maybe he, or one of his wives, can settle this debate?
Why doesn't KElvin's assertion settle it?
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