tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post8157984347591079220..comments2024-03-20T21:38:10.502+00:00Comments on Science matters: Non-binaire, pronomsBobTheScientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-60648806662068444872020-07-10T13:57:29.286+01:002020-07-10T13:57:29.286+01:00No sure about French, but my old Latin teacher tol...No sure about French, but my old Latin teacher told us that the latin declension of the root of the word determine the gender of the word. First declension female, second male, etc. But this doesn’t explain why the table is female and the fork is male. I read somewhere that objects from the home are generally female as are things that are close to us. People in Madrid talk of the sea as male, but for the sailor or the fisherman the sea is female. Nowadays in Spain it is only polite to refer to todos y todas in the same sentence or if you speak internet tod@s.Ferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320119254665360543noreply@blogger.com