Re: [Rosegarden-devel] configuration dialog rearrangement

[Pedro Lopez-C. <ped...@gm...>]

On Friday, 5 October 2007 00:05, D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> I think it's kind of stupid how Spanish (among others) almost completely
> rid itself of the neuter gender (except for lo, ello, esto, etc.) how Lat=
in
> used to ascribe non-neuter genders to lots of things that should have been
> neuter. This is one thing English gets right.  A pencil is an it, dammit.

I know that you have a real issue against this Spanish idiosyncrasy :) OTOH=
, I=20
think that the way English among others pretend that sex should not be name=
d =20
at all is pretty stupid. Like the politically correct language, or Janet =20
Jackson's boob affaire. LOL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dl64KTLIcIAM

More seriusly, Latin can't be blamed alone for your gender nightmare. In=20
Spanish, as in all Romance languages, the grammatical gender of inanimate=20
entities is quite arbitrary, and often different from that used in sister=20
languages. For example, Portuguese "=E1rvore" ("tree") and "flor" ("flower"=
)=20
are feminine, while Spanish "=E1rbol" and Italian "fiore" are masculine;=20
Portuguese "mar" ("sea") and "mapa" ("map") are masculine, while French "me=
r"=20
and "mappe" are feminine. In Spanish, "mar" can be either masculine or=20
feminine, but never neuter. :-)

Regards,
Pedro