<JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote:
> For a good discussion of the use of gender in language, please see Mark
> Twain's "The Awful German Language" and in particular the TALE OF THE
> FISHWIFE AND ITS SAD FATE:
>
> http://eserver.org/
>
> It's worth it... :-)
>
Indulge me, it's a slow "CR" day... At least Italiano has only two genders!
Kurt Sperry
Bellywash