Comments on: The Unfathomable Abyss of the Human Brain… http://lynedesroberts.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/the-unfathomable-abyss-of-the-human-brain/ This Blog is about Issues pertaining to Corporate Second Language Training & Evaluation Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: lynedesroberts http://lynedesroberts.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/the-unfathomable-abyss-of-the-human-brain/#comment-100 lynedesroberts Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:04:22 +0000 http://lynedesroberts.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-100 Diane... Indeed trying to "analyze" genders won't lead far! Because it is arbitrary (except for the words deriving directly from Latin, the choice is based upon the "sound": does it flow or not?)... I think English speakers have trouble with genders because they tend to associate them with "male" and "female"! ;-) And... many French speakers have to rely on the dictionary to check some words' gender... especially the ones starting with a vowel. Diane…

Indeed trying to “analyze” genders won’t lead far! Because it is arbitrary (except for the words deriving directly from Latin, the choice is based upon the “sound”: does it flow or not?)… I think English speakers have trouble with genders because they tend to associate them with “male” and “female”! ;-)

And… many French speakers have to rely on the dictionary to check some words’ gender… especially the ones starting with a vowel.

]]> By: foreignlanguageteacher http://lynedesroberts.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/the-unfathomable-abyss-of-the-human-brain/#comment-99 foreignlanguageteacher Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:42:40 +0000 http://lynedesroberts.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-99 Interesting post. Gender is one of those things I had just soaked up like a sponge when I was young instead of trying to "analyze" it. Truly makes no sense to us English speakers! Interesting post. Gender is one of those things I had just soaked up like a sponge when I was young instead of trying to “analyze” it. Truly makes no sense to us English speakers!

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