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Re: Numerals Re: Re: Agglutinating -> inflecting

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 25, 2003, 17:33
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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John Cowan <jcowan@...>