ext_87651 (
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2010-12-17 05:51 am (UTC)
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Right, I'd misremembered, since I don't actually speak German. (I just remembered that it wasn't female.)
The point being that in gendered-noun languages, the gender of the noun does not necessarily equal the gender of the person it describes.
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The point being that in gendered-noun languages, the gender of the noun does not necessarily equal the gender of the person it describes.