Hebrew Gendering

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No language is 'better" or "improved" any more than a cat is an "improvement" on whatever it evolved from. languages evolve, change to fit the time, the place, the people. As they acquire new words, they might loose some traits, or the other way around.

Having spoken langauges without any gender, as well as languages that gender EVERYTHING, i'm rather happy with english. He for obvious hes, she's for obvious shes, and it for everything else. :_) (though we are hitting a time in society where some things are less obvious, but that's not a problem if we ourselves fucking got over the problems with transgenders, non-genders, etc)

Pink mowse.pngGodot What do cats dream about?19:40, 24 March 2012
il'Dictator Mikal19:46, 24 March 2012

I don't know german, but in russian it is always based on the sound of the word. In french it is often a case of euphony.

But ask yourself this, do you say "she" to cars, boats, generic gods, etc?

There is a fun linguistic study that shows that in russian, where the gender is defined by the spelling of the word, people will use more feminine sounding adjectives for "female" gendered words, than male, even if describing the same thing. for example "auto" "automobile" "car" "vehicle" are all in some ways the same thing, but are gendered differently in russian. when describing one that has female gender, girly descriptions are more common. not sure what that means... i'm just saying.

Pink mowse.pngGodot What do cats dream about?19:59, 24 March 2012