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Lavalamp too hot (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

English, being a descendant of german, used to have grammatical gender. It has fallen out of favor since middle english. But there is still traces of it, such a common tradition is calling ships, vehicles, and other machines as a "she", but some people will default to the "generic he" as well.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

Didn't English lose grammatical gender because the Vikings invaded and thought it was too confusing?