Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe rulesh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s not gender like in humans or in animals. Nobody thinks of the library as a woman, that would be absurd. It’s a purely grammatical concept.
minus-squareSchmoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoGrammatical gender will never make sense to me, and I suspect that’s because it actually just doesn’t make sense.
It’s not gender like in humans or in animals. Nobody thinks of the library as a woman, that would be absurd. It’s a purely grammatical concept.
Grammatical gender will never make sense to me, and I suspect that’s because it actually just doesn’t make sense.