Re: Numerals Re: Re: Agglutinating -> inflecting

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
> > > the natural expression is "Men!".
> >
> > Someone having done military service might answer better, but I
> believe he'd
> > say _Soldater!_ "Soldiers!".
>
> Of course the English usage is changing with women in the armed
> forces.
But saying _soldater_ instead of _mannar_ has nothing to do with gender. The
fact that the former easily extends its meaning to include female combatants
is entirely accidental.

                                                         Andreas

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