I mean I’m pretty sure a lot of it comes from things like that, I also notice quite often the positive things are male while the negative opposite is female: le beau temps/le soleil, la pluie ; le plaisir, la douleur ; le jour, la nuit; etc etc.
It’s not a coincidence, it’s systemic sexism. If you use sexism as your guiding principle when if comes to generated nouns, in almost every language that has them, you’ll be right most of the time.
A washing machine is obviously female because doing laundry is a thing for women.
And now I will sit back and watch how many people get mad at me because they don’t understand sarcasm.
You already stated sarcasm and this is Lemmy, so whatever popcorn you expect must come from the floor
Not sarcasm: washing machien is female in Russian.
I mean I’m pretty sure a lot of it comes from things like that, I also notice quite often the positive things are male while the negative opposite is female: le beau temps/le soleil, la pluie ; le plaisir, la douleur ; le jour, la nuit; etc etc.
Is sarcasm male, female, neutral, or other?
male: Der Sarkasmus
It’s not a coincidence, it’s systemic sexism. If you use sexism as your guiding principle when if comes to generated nouns, in almost every language that has them, you’ll be right most of the time.
Really getting worked up over that imaginary person you created huh? Lol
If he hadn’t point out the sarcasm, I’d say the odds were in his favor.
To be fair if he hadn’t invented the imaginary person to be offended for, someone else would have
No. It’s feminine because you put dirty things in it.
EDIT: I’m going to get lynched by the hyper vigilant with you. We’re in this together now.
Not knowing anything about French, this was my assumption and reasoning.