On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:56:30AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Christophe Courtois wrote: > >Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 03:42, Wesley J Landaker a déclamé : > > > >>Then again, as I said, I'm not > >>a native French speaker, and although I've got *fairly* good inuition > >>into a word's gender, I still make mistakes! ;) > > > > > > Don't worry, even French people don't always know all genders :-) > > > > True, but having lived in Mexico for the last 10 years and speaking > Spanish, I note with regret that genders are "built-in" and if you come > from a more or less genderless background (the Netherlands, US) then you > never get it: it just refuses to become automatic. >
With all due respect, it isn't the most impressive cultural attribute I've ever encountered. It shows some cultural linkage with Americans -- we do lots of (dumb) stuff "just because" too :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
