doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down113
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoI was just using the wording from the painting. Is there a reason why it would be different for the word raisin instead of pipe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoRaisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·23 hours agoYep! A mouse is feminine. A horse is masculine. A car is feminine. A fridge is masculine. A door is feminine. A bed is masculine.
minus-squareSpongyAneurysm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoIn French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agoSure, but a pipe is completely phallic. Please tell me flower and clam are feminine
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·21 hours agoBoth are feminine lol. I don’t want to spoil the fun but it’s generally based on how the word is spelled or pronounced.
Ceci n’est pas une raisin
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I was just using the wording from the painting. Is there a reason why it would be different for the word raisin instead of pipe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images
Raisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
Pipe is feminine?!
Yep! A mouse is feminine. A horse is masculine. A car is feminine. A fridge is masculine. A door is feminine. A bed is masculine.
In French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.
Sure, but a pipe is completely phallic. Please tell me flower and clam are feminine
Both are feminine lol. I don’t want to spoil the fun but it’s generally based on how the word is spelled or pronounced.
TIL, thanks