Re: Indo-European Languages and Gramatical Gender Loss



"Joachim" == Joachim Pense <snob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Joachim> Am Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:34:59 +0800 schrieb LEE Sau Dan:
>>>>>>> "Helmut" == Helmut Richter <hhr-m@xxxxxx> writes:
>>
Helmut> Missing: countries with article which are neuter: das
Helmut> Tessin, das Wallis, das Saarland.
>> If you count "das Saarland", then why leave out "das Elsass"?
>> :)

Joachim> Without looking it up, my sprachgefühl suggests "der
Joachim> Elsass", but I'm not sure.

I know this better than you do, because I used to live next to dem
Elsass. :)


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