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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by kingofpandora on Friday October 05, 2018 @11:53PM (#18153426)
> I've never understood the need for noun genders

What a peculiar comment. It's like saying, what's the use of termites? No, seriously, why _do_ we have termites? Do we really need termites?

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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by bobogei81123 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @12:10AM (#18153487)
If someone is creating a new language now, that is a concept that would definitely not be included.
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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by kingofpandora on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:04AM (#18153777)
> If someone is creating a new language now, that is a concept that would definitely not be included.

Natural languages aren't designed, which is why the comment above is so odd.

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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by trhway on Saturday October 06, 2018 @12:44AM (#18153569)
Or may be there would be more than 3 genders.
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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by pretendscholar on Saturday October 06, 2018 @12:03AM (#18153462)
Recycling tree matter in the woods.
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