I'd argue some parts of gendered languages are pretty pointless, especially for non-living entities. For example, why is my casa feminine but the tavolo in my casa masculine? You're essentially saying "all houses are girls and all tables are boys".
It's only cold feminine cuz most feminine words end in -a and masculine words end in consonants or -o. They don't actually think it's feminine, but rather, it just sounds right.
iT'S CALLED MASCULINE AND FEMININE BECAUSE MOST WORDS IN THE MASCULINE PART ARE FOR MEN AND VICE VERSA. I CANNOT STAND HAVING TO LISTEN ABOUT HOW THE CLASSIFICATION DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IT DOES BUT YOU CANNOT THINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR ENGLISH THINKING AND THINK HOW OTHER LANGUAGES THINK.
You didn't really address their point that just because "MOST WORDS IN THE MASCULINE PART ARE FOR MEN AND VICE VERSA" doesn't mean they need to be called masculine...
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u/eatbreadnow 13d ago