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To: cosmicforce who wrote (84989)	8/7/2000 1:06:04 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

The only language I speak besides English is German, which has the additional difficulty of gender-specific definite articles, that is, der, die and das. Die is female, as in die Frau, the woman. Der is male, as in der Mann, the man. Das is neutral, as in das Boot, the boat. But there are some oddments, e.g., das Madchen, which is the girl. As I understand it, Japanese as spoken by a man and by a woman are very different languages. The choice of words, sentence construction, tone of voice, and the way the speaker presents himself or herself (in this example, the difference is essential) varies depending on whether the speaker is male or female. I would say that "man" and "him" are both male and neutral, or should I say male OR neutral, depending on the context.