1. 2016-01-03, 03:58 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #1485
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    Default Re: Raziere's Rollicking Red Raging Rant (Random Banter Thread #213)

    Quote Originally Posted by Domino Quartz View Post
    Err...what language were you writing in?
    The language clearly has (a) gendered 3rd person pronouns and (b) gender-neutral ones. This eliminates all of the Romance languages -- no gender-neutral pronouns to be found there. It also eliminates most of the world's languages by count -- dividing nouns into classes is a common feature; calling classes "genders" is unique to the Indo-European language group (and AFAIK, possibly just the "European" subgroup).

    While Greek has three genders, if I had to guess, I'd guess a Germanic language. Hey! English is a Germanic language!
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