that's spot on. I had the same conversation trying to explain that in Italian there are "male" things that have "female" names and vice versa. For example "ca

that's spot on. I had the same conversation trying to explain that in Italian there are "male" things that have "female" names and vice versa. For example "car" (automobile in Italian) or bulldozer (ruspa in Italian) are feminine nouns. If you lookup those words in an Italian dictionary you'll find ruspa [rù-spa] s.f. that s.f. means singular feminine. We don't associate the fact the bulldozer has a feminine name with the notion that women are bulldozers. At least, I don't!