sex and gender

[Victoria Neufeldt]

Exactly!  (And then there's das Messer, die Gabel, der Loeffel; and German
die Sonne, der Mond vs. French le soleil, la lune; and the Latin feminine
noun virtus, meaning manliness, virtue, excellence, and valor; and so on . .
.)

Victoria

Victoria Neufeldt
Merriam-Webster, Inc.


> -----Original Message-----
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> Of RonButters at AOL.COM
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 3:34 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: sex and gender
>
>
> <<the German is DAS NABEL>>
>
> <This just goes to show you what happens when things get borrowed. Here in
> the Willamette Valley it's DER Nabel.>
>
> Right. I'll take a Bad on that one (bilingual pun intended). My
> navel looks
> pretty neuter to me, but, hey--
>
> der Nabel, die Mitte, das Zentrum
>
> --a good lesson in just how little sex and gender have to do with
> each other.
>