Re: gender in English
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 7, 2000, 3:16 |
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"SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY" wrote:
> Another point to think about: the gender we typically assign to
> personifications and anthropomophisms often corresponds to the Old English
> gender.
But not always, _scip_ was a neuter noun, yet is often referred to as
"she" in English.
Now, the $64,000 question - how did "ship" come to be feminized?
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