Re: Gender in language

Picasso wrote:
phoglund@xxxxxx wrote:
Nath Rao kirjoitti:

Not to mention that stupid (not to mention sexist) he vs. she
opposition. We Finns have just the word "hän", meaning both he and she.

One word for both "he" and "she"? I have no problem with that one. So
far, no one has come up with a compelling reason for having genders in
language.

Most of the features of a given language aren't there for "compelling reasons", and they don't require justification, they just are.
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