= Сообщение: 5301 из 12556 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 27 Aug 17 19:33:16 Кому : Robert Bashe 27 Aug 17 19:33:16 Тема : Swedish meatballs ... FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+59a30256 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+59a2efad = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 18:08:48 Robert Bashe -> Gerrit Kuehn wrote:
RB> Gerrit Kuehn wrote to David Rance on Sunday August 27 2017 at 08:37:
RB>>>>> the genders. English has none, French two, and German three RB>>>>> (masculine, feminine, neuter).
GK>>>> Um? Let me count: he, she, it, makes three.
DR>>> Not strictly true about English. A ship is always feminine.
GK>> I guess this wasn't what Bob was referring to.
RB> No, because calling a ship or boat "she" is simply a tradition and has RB> nothing to do with the language. You would still be understood if you RB> said "it".
But it would be wrong. See the OED.
David
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