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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.
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.
This message was edited 7/20/2009, 2:31 PM
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