Re: Gender
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 7, 2001, 0:18 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> Even cats? I've been taught that cats were considered female in gender, unless
> their sex was known...
There's no fixed "gender" for animals in English. I have a tendency to
call cats "she", but it's only a mild tendency. If a given cat is
acting in a way that seems male, I'd say "he". Dogs, on the other hand,
I often refer to as either "he" or "it", unless gender is known. "It"
is especially likely when the dog is particularly annoying. :-)
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