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    What gender is your country?

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    And time is obviously masculine


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    Can't see a thing on that map.

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    I thought China was motherland..


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    What is a plural gender as opposed to neutral?!


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
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    Whoever came up with this idea is nuts. What in Jaysus' name do you mean "gender" of your country? Or, is that meant for some mad philosophical debates and discussions? Or am I the one who's nuts? Because I totally failed to comprehend the meaning behind it. Um, You could ask the disciples of Plato and Socrates or Aristotle, first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hannah01:
    Whoever came up with this idea is nuts. What in Jaysus' name do you mean "gender" of your country? Or, is that meant for some mad philosophical debates and discussions? Or am I the one who's nuts? Because I totally failed to comprehend the meaning behind it. Um, You could ask the disciples of Plato and Socrates or Aristotle, first.
    It's obviously the grammatical gender. In English all countries are usually feminine. No idea what language the map is supposed to show

    God bless America, land that I love
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    Through the night with the light from above
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    Quote Originally Posted by hannah01:
    Whoever came up with this idea is nuts. What in Jaysus' name do you mean "gender" of your country? Or, is that meant for some mad philosophical debates and discussions? Or am I the one who's nuts? Because I totally failed to comprehend the meaning behind it. Um, You could ask the disciples of Plato and Socrates or Aristotle, first.
    Perhaps you come from a country that is non-binary or even has plurality.

    The USA in this song is female

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_America#Lyrics

    While the personification of the USA is very much masculine

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrgoodkat:
    It's obviously the grammatical gender. In English all countries are usually feminine. No idea what language the map is supposed to show
    I downloaded that picture, hoping that I could read the details better. The picture gets saved with filename "Russian_gender_country_names.jpg". So you were correct in assuming that it is about the gender in a certain language.

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    Amerigo Vespucci is spinning in his grave.


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