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in reply to a message by Tiggs
Nah, I know that it's sometimes hard for people whose languages don't have gendered nouns to see it that way. Likewise, it's hard for me to see for example River as a male name, since the Croatian noun for it is female.
And just to clarify, the flower itself is Neven. Nevena and Nevenka are feminine variations of a male name, not the actual flower name.
And just to clarify, the flower itself is Neven. Nevena and Nevenka are feminine variations of a male name, not the actual flower name.
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River feels better for me on a boy because of the sound of the word, but I can see it unisex. It's actually kind of odd because, even though English nouns aren't gendered, culturally, bodies of water, boats, cities, musical instruments etc. get referred to as she and her, so I probably *should* feel River as more feminine, but I don't. I think storms always used to be given female names as well, not sure on that. I do remember, when taking a Spanish class years back, thinking it counter-intuitive that the word for shirt, camisa, was feminine while the word for dress, vestido, was masculine.
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