Re: French (was Re: Re: Optimum number of symbols)

Michael Poxon scripsit:

> Ships are still feminine in English (and incidentally, I have never heard
> any other plural form of ox other than oxen) because the old sailors felt
> themselves to be as 'bonded' to their ships as to their wives!
"Don't let anyone tell you that losing your [space]ship is like losing
your wife.  It isn't.  It's a lot more like having your home planet
destroyed."
        --I forget which sf novel

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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_