X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ef84650dd3e606e5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-05 18:56:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Reply-To: "CeeJay" From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <3bb7a117$0$219$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3bb9ad77$0$80799$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3bba5852$0$269$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3iblrtsmh3df29rsikmnbmtkitdtsvmim7@4ax.com> <3bbaf68e$0$51394$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3BBB8737.41C23C0D@telia.com> <9plbei$jcv6e$2@ID-39741.news.dfncis.de> Subject: Re: what is it? Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 03:56:08 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3bbe64b6$0$51405$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.243.165.90 X-Trace: 1002333369 dread02.news.tele.dk 51405 62.243.165.90 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8403 > > This is a common Scandinavian 'problem', inherited from German(?). > > at least from Latin. > > > All nouns have a "gender", German has three (masculin, feminin and neuter), > > as Latin (neuter comes from ne-uter, meaning something like "none of > the two") si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes. Fac ut vivas ! :) *hehe*