[Opinions] Yep
in reply to a message by Sofia
I've always thought that was weird too. The only words used in English that have gender are ones taken from French (fiancé/fiancée, for example). It's hard to get used to the idea of words having genders when you take another language. I don't really see the point of having them for non-person nouns. Like... why is a chair female?The only thing in English that comes even remotely close to being gender-esque is the word "guy." When you say, "Look at that guy," you're referring to a male, but if you refer to a group of people collectively as "guys," they could be all male, all female, or a mix of both.The unisex name theory is an interesting one.

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Acacia  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  7/20/2009, 12:46 PM
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No, it's unisex since it's a tree :) nt  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  7/20/2009, 1:09 PM
In Croatian it's a female noun (m)  ·  Sofia  ·  7/20/2009, 1:22 PM
oh I see nt  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  7/20/2009, 1:23 PM
I've just realized something! (m)  ·  Sofia  ·  7/20/2009, 1:46 PM
And Hungarian, didn't know about Japanese nt  ·  Sofia  ·  7/21/2009, 12:51 AM
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Really? (m)  ·  Sofia  ·  7/20/2009, 3:54 PM
LOL (m)  ·  Sofia  ·  7/20/2009, 2:41 PM
I never noticed that! interesting :) nt  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  7/20/2009, 2:05 PM
Re: Acacia  ·  xPrincess27x  ·  7/20/2009, 12:47 PM