Re: Test and more.
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 19, 1999, 1:14 |
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On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
>Fabian wrote:
>> No reason your language can't make such a distinction. Arabic does, except
>> in the first person, where i feel it is largely irrelevant anyway.
>
>It's largely irrelevant in second person too, I think. After all, the
>listener knows what gender (s)he is! :-)
Ah, but what about species whose gender (not necessarily sexual,
mind you) changes with lunar conjunctions or sulphur content in
the methane? I mean, it would be a horrible faux pas to address
a business parter as /haaa ^^^BBn/ when you _really_ meant to say
/rrrha ^^^BBn/, due to the chill in the air.
Padraic.