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To: henkster

This is funny:

“These are “sex-neutral third-person” terms used to repair the failure of the English language to allow for 21st century gender sensitivities.”


9 posted on 06/17/2014 12:36:52 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: VanShuyten; GeronL

And what of Spanish class, the glorious language of the Mexican people? Where LA and EL distinguish between feminine and masculine nouns?


16 posted on 06/17/2014 1:19:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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