Re: Sex-neutral gender?

Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:

> My year 9 German teacher use knife, fork and spoon for various reasons.
Hmm, this reminds me of my elementary school German lessons, back when I was
6 or 7. We were taught German (as well as English) at an early age (from the
age of 6), so that we would adopt a better pronounciation later on. We were
taught the language mainly through the learning of child songs and poems.
One of them was titled "Herr Löffel und Frau Gabel" (Mr. Spoon and Mrs.
Fork) and was about a little family twist in the cover set. ;-)

Maarten