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  • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyzwhy
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    11 days ago

    It is said that when English went from old English (which was gendered) to modern English, part of the problem was that the genders of the Germanic roots didn’t match the genders of the French influences so the people chose to just skip it all together.