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    Quote Originally Posted by walkerk
    I strikes me that some of the reactions are ingrained in the language. 'La falda escocesa' - feminine pronoun. Therefore, by extrapolation, in their juvenile minds...
    I really don't think it's that. Grammatical gender has nothing to do with masculinity or femininity. After all, "la verga"* is feminine.

    *verga = stick, rod, pole; I'll leave it to your imagination to figure out what the slang meaning is.
    Last edited by Ruanaidh; 6th November 06 at 12:57 AM.
    A kilted Celt on the border.
    Kentoc'h mervel eget bezań saotret
    Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum ęgerrume desinere.


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