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I remember English teacher lady being slightly offended because I kept referring she as "he". I could not help it, native language has no grammatical genders.
by timonoko 4y ago
I remember English teacher lady being slightly offended because
I kept referring she as "he". I could not help it, native language has no grammatical genders.
But this was 50 years ago, could not imagine what would happen today. Judging by Youtube-videos bodily harm would be almost certain.
- soundnote 4y agoI'm eternally grateful that it doesn't have grammatical gender and that we call everyone "it". Spares us from some of the nonsense getting imported from the States.
- hedora 4y agoIn the US, doing that is considered derogatory. "I saw your girlfriend. It was buying something at the corner store." Is approximately as bad as "The bitch was at the corner store." Because "it" is reserved for animals and inanimate objects. If you have an obvious accent, people will generally understand the "it" was a grammatical error.