Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups
by eru on Monday May 23, 2011 @10:55AM
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Are you talking about Nutella? Shockingly, that's actual Italian, and not local to Germany.
Re:London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups
by kahawe on Monday May 23, 2011 @09:24AM
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It varies by region and dialect, also - very popular example is the soda pop "Cola".
In Austria Cola is neuter "it", in Germany it is female, which for me as a native speaker from Austria always "feels" like they are referring to the can (which is female in Germany and Austria).
In fact, we tend to argue about the gender of things here regularly. One well-known (and mocked) example is a very popular local hazelnut cream. People actually discuss if the brand name should be considered female or of no gender at all (not sure if anyone wants to claim that it should be male).
Since there's no real logic behind all these rules it's fair game to argue about it..