CaptainPedantic

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[โ€“] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gendered nouns in German are just as stupid and arbitrary as spelling in English. Why is a pencil masculine? Why is beer neutral but coffee masculine? Why is school feminine?

[โ€“] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"Mommy, why does that kid have a huge head?" -- Me as a toddler pointing to a baby in a grocery store.

My mom scolded me and left embarrassed. As an adult, she told me that the kid did have an enormous head.