Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 03/14/07 14:04, Joe Hart wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 06:32:38PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote:
>>> Sorry, Michelle to me is feminine name. Michel on the other hand is
>>> masculine. If I was wrong, I apologize. How am I to tell which pronoun
>>> to use when I cannot see the person? I can blame the English language
>>> for having personal pronouns of both sexes, but most languages do.
>>>
>> Of course, there is also Spanish, where in addition to pronouns having
>> gender, so does every single noun :-)
>
>> Regards,
>
>> -Roberto
>
> Since this is already a off-topic thread...
>
> So does Dutch, German, French, Italian....Now that I stop and think
> about it, I can't think of any that don't.
English.
>
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