Re: Gender in language

* Picasso wrote:

So far, no one has come up with a compelling reason for having genders
in language.

Can you give me a compelling reason to have difficult sounds like r or
English th in the language? Most children still have trouble with those
at age 5.
--
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the 'Net
and he won't bother you for weeks.
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