Re: [tied] Gender Logic (was: Bader's article on *-os(y)o)

> The first part is a very reasonable reaction. I too thought, "The
> Russians use 'she' to refer to a woman. So what?". But I have a
> nagging feeling that the French use 'elle' to refer to 'la
> sentinelle' even though the person referred to clearly be a man.

If the noun is feminine, yeah, the tendency is to use "elle" as one
would use "it" in English, afaik. Although, you could use "il",
I figure, if you're referring to "he" directly rather than the
feminine noun in question.


= gLeN