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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: easy about language usage
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Date: Fri, 12-Aug-83 14:19:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 12 14:19:38 1983
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Lynda Feng (houxz!llf) has a point about English being somewhat less
gender-oriented than some languages. German and Spanish do indeed have
a gender (M, F or neuter in German, M/F in Spanish) associated with
every noun. Hebrew goes further: the verb form is different. You
cannot express something as simple as "The doctor saw me" without
identifying the gender of the doctor in most languages. In the case
of Hebrew, even "I think this", sent over the net, would identify
the gender of the person making the statement.

Dave Sherman, Toronto
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