One thing that weirds me out of languages with no grammatical gender is the random, wild choices their speakers make when they try to gender inanimate objects, animals and abstract concepts.
This might interest you: In Danish grammar we have two genders. Not male and female, but common and neutral. Male, female and anything between is common gender. Everything else is neutral gender.
The problem is the exceptions. There’s just too many exceptions.
Man, woman, boy, girl, they are all common gender. Child is neutral gender. Baby us common gender.
Dog, cat and pig are common gender, wild boar is neutral gender.
A door is common gender, a door handle is neutral.
One thing that weirds me out of languages with no grammatical gender is the random, wild choices their speakers make when they try to gender inanimate objects, animals and abstract concepts.
This might interest you: In Danish grammar we have two genders. Not male and female, but common and neutral. Male, female and anything between is common gender. Everything else is neutral gender.
The problem is the exceptions. There’s just too many exceptions.
Man, woman, boy, girl, they are all common gender. Child is neutral gender. Baby us common gender.
Dog, cat and pig are common gender, wild boar is neutral gender.
A door is common gender, a door handle is neutral.
Whyyy…