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ronin668 t1_iy3gmwn wrote

Reply to comment by SameInternal4 in In Hindi we gender stuff also one object might have multiple genders by got_no_bright_ideas

In Spanish, "la verga" (= the dick) is feminine, while in French "le vagin" (= the vagina) is masculine.

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SameInternal4 t1_iy3h06i wrote

how unintuitive

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heinebold t1_iy3j719 wrote

WHile these examples are extreme, grammatical gender is always unintuitive. For example, German needs all three grammatical genders to refer to cutlery: knife (it), fork (she), spoon (he). It makes absolutely no sense.

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