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From: Ivison dos Passos Martins <ipm7d at OI.COM.BR>
Subject: LL-L "Gender" 2008.03.21 (09) [E]

ear friends,

  I've reallylearned a lot with you all. It's good to share information
with teachers and people who study languages. I really enjoy your
attention.
As Else has said: Vive la difference. It think every language has its own
beauty. To me English sounds like melody. I really love it. We all make
mistakes, but that's part of the learning process. I kinda agree with you
when you say that you don't make a big deal about their mistakes. We don't
want to make anyone feel any less either, because they make grammatical
mistakes.
I speak Spanish fluently, however it is not an easy language. Every now
and then I hear some American friends of mine saying "Míos hijos" instead
of "Mis hijos" or "la árbol" when they should have said "el árbol" -
masculine noun in Spanish (specially those who speak a little Portuguese).
I simply try to help'em.

  Has the Dutch language this same kind of treatment – I mean is it
against sexism like English?
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