Genders (was Re: Láadan and woman's speak

Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>
> As a datapoint I can point out a natlang with no trace of grammatical
> gender whatsoever in its nouns or pronouns: Finnish.  There are *no*
> articles and only two 3rd person singular pronouns: 'hän' (used for
> males and females) and 'se' (animals and inanimates).
Actually, that is a grammatical gender, between human and non human.
Chinese, on the other hand, has only _ta_, which can be used for any
noun.

>         # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
>         # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
I like that quote.

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