Re: Origin of the word 'kivismi'
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 27, 2001, 0:04 |
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> I applaud the attempt at gender neutrality, but Korean *doesn't*
> distinguish *at all* between male and female in pronouns (though there
> *is* a significant male-side bias in kinhip terminology), and I don't
> know *anyone* who thinks Korea has an egalitarian society vis-a-vis
> male-female relationships.
I've used this argument replacing Korean with Hungarian numerous times,
and the counterpoint of Icelandic...often to no avail... =(
-------ferko
Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
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