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Ocelot II

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2. A lot of languages have gendered nouns - all the European languages, AFAIK.

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Thu Feb 13, 2025, 08:48 PM

Feb 13

So we won't be allowed to study French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, any of the Scandinavian languages, Polish, etc.? Or are they OK because they are spoken mostly by white Christians? (And of course the Spanish would have to be Castilian Spanish anyhow, because the other kind is spoken by Mexicans and Venezuelans and they're too "brown." )

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Has anyone told him that when he flees to Cancun the language there uses gender specific language? jls4561 Feb 13 #1

I believe it's masculine: el pendejo. Ocelot II Feb 13 #3

Si. El Cruz es Pendejo. Gracias. jls4561 Feb 13 #4

Cruz es un pendejo. Mosby Feb 14 #8

Always grateful to have more insults to lob at these idiots. jls4561 Feb 14 #9

A lot of languages have gendered nouns - all the European languages, AFAIK. Ocelot II Feb 13 #2

He crawled out of the rocks to complain about this? 😠 Deuxcents Feb 13 #5

What a buffoon JoseBalow Feb 13 #6

I never realized that the movie "Idiocracy" was a documentary. Ray Bruns Feb 14 #7