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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The Gender of Nations #113740 10/15/2003 1:37 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Scilla stranger Scilla stranger Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Why are nations assigned genders? Why are most English as first language speaking countries female? Whay aer others male? I am extremely curious about this. Please tell me! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Gender of Nations Scilla 10/15/2003 1:37 PM Re: The Gender of Nations Faldage 10/15/2003 1:46 PM Re: The Gender of Nations maahey 10/15/2003 3:40 PM Re: The Gender of Nations AnnaStrophic 10/15/2003 5:17 PM Re: The Gender of Nations Faldage 10/15/2003 5:40 PM Re: The Gender of Nations JohnHawaii 10/15/2003 9:01 PM Re: The Gender of Nations of troy 10/15/2003 9:05 PM Re: The Gender of Nations maahey 10/16/2003 1:51 AM Re: The Gender of Nations Faldage 10/16/2003 10:10 AM Re: The Gender of Nations Alex Williams 10/16/2003 10:25 AM Re: The Gender of Nations sjmaxq 10/16/2003 11:07 AM Re: The Gender of Nations wsieber 10/16/2003 4:55 AM Re: The Gender of Nations of troy 10/16/2003 11:11 AM Re: The Gender of Nations Capfka 10/18/2003 5:42 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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