> I've never understood the need for noun genders and I scratch my head at a society that makes its members memorize such useless information. I’ve never under

> I've never understood the need for noun genders and I scratch my head at a society that makes its members memorize such useless information. I’ve never understood the need to pronounce completely differently from writing - and irregularly, too - as you guys do in English. Or throwing the the everywhere, or having a gazillion of bizarre tenses. English is simpler in some ways, terribly overcomplicated in others.