tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15949756.post7416833381006618457..comments2022-11-01T04:22:10.298-03:00Comments on Life à la jen-mac: French words that give special insightJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00025785698954835400noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15949756.post-67261055295997224802011-01-26T23:05:13.515-04:002011-01-26T23:05:13.515-04:00Your post reminded me of this post: http://www.edg...Your post reminded me of this post: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html<br /><br />Key bit: languages differ not in what you can say but in what you must say. That is, people speaking French can use pronouns that don't reveal the gender of the person doing an action if you want to hide it, because the gender applies to the object and not the subject.alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06800505504147841246noreply@blogger.com