Re: gender in English

Nik Taylor wrote:

>But not always, _scip_ was a neuter noun, yet is often referred to as
>"she" in English.
There's others too.  I was just making a blanket statement -- and like almost
all blanket statements, it is not completely correct.

>Now, the $64,000 question - how did "ship" come to be feminized?
Simple.  Same reason cars are feminine.  It's a guy thing -- we love our
vehicles, we give them female names.  Widespread homophobia wouldn't allow any
other option. ;-)

Marcus





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Marcus Smith
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