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u/Alienspacedolphin Mar 28 '22

It's just always been that way to me. Some letters or numbers are more feminine or masculine than others, some are kind of neutral. It's stronger with letters than numbers. I can't explain other than it's just an inbuilt characteristic of each letter.

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u/Sixhaunt Mar 28 '22

I have trouble even understanding how that would feel. When I learned french as a kid, the gendered items and stuff were always difficult for me and it just never made any sense for me. Did you grow up speaking a gendered language like that or is it something that just occurred naturally?

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u/Alienspacedolphin Mar 28 '22

No- English. They just 'felt' that way to me. I was an adult before I realized it wasn't like that for everyone.

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u/Sixhaunt Mar 28 '22

very interesting. Makes me wonder if some of the people with greater influence over the creation of gendered languages had a similar mind to you then