Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA21645 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 24 Jan 2002 06:18:24 GMT Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:14:06 -0800 Message-Id: <200201240614.g0O6E6v20695@mail23.bigmailbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.116) X-Originating-Ip: [65.80.161.183] From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Sensory and sensibility Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
> <salice@gmx.net> memetics@mmu.ac.ukDate: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:21:12 +0100
> Re: Sensory and sensibilityReply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>On 23 Jan 2002, at 8:14, Grant Callaghan wrote:
>
>> I'm not a German speaker as either a first or second language but I's say
>> the best place to look is at the sex of the root words from which the modern
>> terms were taken.
>
>Yep. At least with stereo set this does work. Cause in german
>stereo means something like 'stereo facility'. And facility is
>feminine.
>
>> Do they tack on "o" and "a" endings like the
>> Spanish? Or do you have to learn the proper article to use with a word?
>
>You have to learn the proper article. This must be pretty hard for
>someone trying to learn the language i guess.
>
>There are btw some other almost a bit funny examples.
>
>Living room, bathroom, bedroom and so on are all sexless but
>kitchen is feminine :)
>
Mote understandable; butter is feminine, trains are masculine.
>
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