Re: Grammatical Gender

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Etherman23" <etherman23@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> > Myself, I was puzzled, when first getting acquainted with the
> > English language, why anybody would want to use 'am', are' and
> > 'is' for the same word, I mean, they all mean "er" in my language
> > (Swedish är)? So, perhaps as a native speaker of the language, you
> > are the one I should ask: Why do you all do a silly thing like
> > that?
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> Because it's fun to confuse Swedes.

As in confuse them with the Danes you mean?

But I understand you. The poor things don't even have secret ballot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Sweden#Voting
Imagine crossing the election room floor with the wrong party list in your hand with everyone watching in a small solidly one-party community.


Torsten