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absorbation
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O.P. Do nouns have sexes?
Now I have your attention using the word sex is the title I have some crazy stuff to blab about. When you think of certain nouns, well colours and the alphabet, do you associate them to have genders?
I think the colour yellow, and the letter B is a female. Also C is a bit camp, whereas A is very manly. Do you agree and what things to you associate to have sexes?
I've always thought this since I was young. However I believe purple to be a female, but others say it's male.
This post was edited on 02-16-2007 at 02:28 PM by absorbation.
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02-16-2007 02:27 PM |
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hmaster
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RE: Do nouns of sexes?
Sounds too much like French with the masculine and feminine, they're just words  .
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02-16-2007 02:29 PM |
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absorbation
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O.P. RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by hmaster
Sounds too much like French with the masculine and feminine, they're just words .
Lies! Can you really tell me pink is a man?

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02-16-2007 02:30 PM |
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
No, I don't think that certain things are masculine or feminine. quote: Originally posted by hmaster
Sounds too much like French
That was probably the strangest thing I learned about the French language in school, and I still don't understand it very well.
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02-16-2007 02:32 PM |
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
Certain colours, words or images have connotations of one sex or another within one society, in another the might not... It's a common thought, when yo think of a little baby girls room you think pink obviously, baby boy = blue etc etc... Advertisers often use this to target a market as well, and designers when designing things for a target market. This can be seen as common sense, you wouldnt make a night light targeted for s young boy's room pink and fluffy =p
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02-16-2007 02:48 PM |
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hmaster
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
This post was edited on 02-16-2007 at 02:54 PM by hmaster.
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02-16-2007 02:53 PM |
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
i consider A to be a woman and J/K to be very manly and F is camp.
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02-16-2007 03:27 PM |
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absorbation
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O.P. RE: Do nouns have sexes?
quote: Originally posted by ichooselife128
i consider A to be a woman and J/K to be very manly and F is camp.
F, camp
F is like the alpha of the man tribe!
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02-16-2007 03:30 PM |
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
Blond and Blonde 
(Male and Female)
Its like one of the only English words with masculine and feminine spellings
(although its a adjective and not a noun..)
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02-16-2007 04:39 PM |
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joey
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RE: Do nouns have sexes?
well everyone is unique...just like everyone else (:
quote: Originally posted by Stigmata
Blonde and Blond 
Its like one of the only English words with masculine and feminine spellings
(although its a adjective and not a noun..)
i was never any good at english so i dont know the difference between the two!
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02-16-2007 04:50 PM |
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