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Aeryn
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
Hmm, to me it sounds like absorbation is experiencing a form of synesthesia.
I don't associate genders with words and probably not even with colours, although I do see every letter and number as having its specific colour.
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02-16-2007 05:25 PM |
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foaly
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by absorbation
Lies! Can you really tell me pink is a man?
O common pink is the new white everyone knows that...
Hard question though... But what you think about the gender of nouns is probably related to your native language... and seeing Dutch has the most screwed up noungenderness (you know what I mean...) of any language I know... that is probably the reason why I think it is a hard question...
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02-16-2007 06:48 PM |
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ayjay
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
No, but I associate numbers/colours/letters with one another
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02-16-2007 07:31 PM |
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Rolando
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by hmaster
Sounds too much like French with the masculine and feminine, they're just words .
Yeah, in French everything has sexes. They do in Spanish too (But not the same )
Anyways, I don't think they do in english :/
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02-16-2007 09:11 PM |
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Voldemort
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
i came to this conclusion: english sucks
complex languages>*
*All posts are a purely speculative hypothesis based on abstract reasoning.
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02-16-2007 09:14 PM |
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somelauw
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RE: RE: Do nouns of sexes?
quote: Originally posted by hmaster
Sounds too much like French with the masculine and feminine, they're just words .
In Latin words have sexes and all languages based on it have sexes too.
German has sexes too.
Almost all languages I know execept English have words with different sexes.
French has only male and female.
Dutch has only neutral and not neutral(male+female)
I think it's common people have sexed words.
Some words just belong to men like war and strength like make-up and beauty to women. (no intention for sexismn on purpose)
However the words above aren't sexed to the right gender in some languages.
Latin
bellum = war
-um = neutral
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02-16-2007 09:23 PM |
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L. Coyote
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by Voldemort
i came to this conclusion: english sucks
complex languages>*
Amen.
Latin-based languages FTW!
But still, I couldn't give a damn.
This post was edited on 02-16-2007 at 09:25 PM by L. Coyote.
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02-16-2007 09:24 PM |
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Nagamasa
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by hmaster
Sounds too much like French with the masculine and feminine, they're just words .
It is...its just that we say masculine and feminine now...we used to say 'gender', which is a synonym for sex. quote: Originally posted by absorbation
Now I have your attention using the word sex
Is this like the modern Plus! trend?
He, him, his, actor, prince, king, etc. are all male.
She, her, actress, princess, queen, etc. are all female.
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02-16-2007 09:38 PM |
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Voldemort
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by Nagamasa
He, him, his, actor, prince, king, etc. are all male.
She, her, actress, princess, queen, etc. are all female.
oh, that solves all of my doubts.
*All posts are a purely speculative hypothesis based on abstract reasoning.
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02-16-2007 10:58 PM |
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
a table is a fucknig table. bollocks to it being a man or woman in french or whatever.
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02-17-2007 02:41 AM |
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