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Offline daveyj

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Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« on: December 31, 2008, 10:07:18 AM »
I wonder what is the cultural effect of grammatical gender?

Perhaps it serves as a constant reminder of gender differences? Whereas a language like English, lacking grammatical gender, facilitates the blurring of the distincations between men and women?

I have no answers nor expertise on this.  Anyone?
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender#List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_genders
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 10:18:14 AM »
Quote from: daveyj on December 31, 2008, 10:07:18 AM
I wonder what is the cultural effect of grammatical gender? Perhaps it serves as a constant reminder of gender differences? Whereas a language like English, lacking grammatical gender, facilitates the blurring of the distincations between men and women? I have no answers nor expertise on this.  Anyone?
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender#List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_genders
I think it does, in subtle ways ;). Consider for instance the case of Arabic: http://www.russianwomendiscussion.com/index.php?topic=4425.msg80781#msg80781
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 11:00:09 AM »
My wife still sometimes gets he and she mixed up..  ::)
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 11:41:53 AM »
Quote from: BC on December 31, 2008, 11:00:09 AM
My wife still sometimes gets he and she mixed up..  ::)

BS, time to time I also make such slip of the tongue. Please ask your wife if it is because of a sound association  between "he" and "her" . I caught myself on such association.   
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 06:15:42 PM »
Quote from: OlgaH on December 31, 2008, 11:41:53 AM
BS, time to time I also make such slip of the tongue.
Such as addressing BC as BS ;D?
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2009, 11:27:02 AM »
Quote from: SANDRO43 on December 31, 2008, 06:15:42 PM
Such as addressing BC as BS ;D?

I'm so sorry for slip of the pen, of course I meant BC. (and that is again about a sound association)
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2009, 11:47:06 AM »
Quote from: OlgaH on January 05, 2009, 11:27:02 AM
I'm so sorry for slip of the pen, of course I meant BC. (and that is again about a sound association)
Slips of the tongue, slips of the pen ::). Olga, I'm worried, you're slipping too much of late :(. Put on some snow chains ;D.
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2009, 11:54:23 AM »
Quote from: SANDRO43 on January 05, 2009, 11:47:06 AM
Put on some snow chains ;D.

Snow chains in Florida? Maybe I should stop to use a bath oil?  ::)  :D
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2009, 12:36:39 PM »
Quote from: OlgaH on January 05, 2009, 11:54:23 AM
Maybe I should stop to use a bath oil?  ::)  :D
Just roll in the sand afterwards, that should give you enough traction ;D.
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Re: Cultural effect of grammatical gender?
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2009, 12:53:17 PM »
Quote from: SANDRO43 on January 05, 2009, 12:36:39 PM
Just roll in the sand afterwards, that should give you enough traction ;D.

and then the people will be curious about my age watching how the sand flakes off me   :o

We have in Russia a saying "She/he is so old that the sand flakes off her/him"
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