Ah we finally learn Mialee's Sex!

[Fifth Element]

English as she is spoke does indeed retain a few genders.

Ships, for an obvious example.

Only for shippy people. Ask a non-shippy person, and he/she will call it an "it". As I do.

 

[Fifth Element]

And that's fine. It's just that Mialee is supposed to be the iconic elf. If she was a random character, maybe it wouldn't be as bad. But she's supposed to represent the entire race. Iconic elves should be beautiful, IMO.

That's a good point. Seems wrong though, somehow, to say someone should not represent their race despite being a member of the race. But I do get your point.

 

[AnonymousOne]

Only for shippy people. Ask a non-shippy person, and he/she will call it an "it". As I do.

I refer to Cars with a gender and ships as well.

Maybe I'm just weird.

 

[Nifft]

And that's fine. It's just that Mialee is supposed to be the iconic elf. If she was a random character, maybe it wouldn't be as bad. But she's supposed to represent the entire race. Iconic elves should be beautiful, IMO.

Clearly Iconic elves aren't Wizards, then. Sorcerers, Bards, Clerics or Paladins would have good reason to invest in Charisma.

As a Wizard? Eh, she looks how I'd imagine a Cha-penalty Wizard might look.

Cheers, -- N

 

[jmucchiello]

Maybe I'm just weird.

Like everyone else posting in this silly thread.



Er..

 

[AnonymousOne]

Like everyone else posting in this silly thread.



Er..

THIS IS NOT SILLY!

Okay ... maybe it is ... a little.

 

[Gez]

Not in English. No grammatical gender in English, so there's no way you could possibly have confused the two ideas.

False. There are three genders in English.
Masculine gender: he, his, him.
Feminine gender: she, her, her.
Neutral gender: it, its, it.

If English had no grammatical genders, there would be only one of them. Maybe he, maybe she, maybe it, it doesn't matter, as long as everybody and everything uses the same.

But there are three. Therefore English does have grammatical genders. QED.

 

[Goobermunch]

False. There are three genders in English.
Masculine gender: he, his, him.
Feminine gender: she, her, her.
Neutral gender: it, its, it.

If English had no grammatical genders, there would be only one of them. Maybe he, maybe she, maybe it, it doesn't matter, as long as everybody and everything uses the same.

But there are three. Therefore English does have grammatical genders. QED.

Wrong.

When referring to gender in languages, we're looking at the gender of nouns and adjectives. Your nice list up there is lacking in nouns or adjectives. And what we're looking for is examples of nouns that have an inherent gender connection (f'rex in spanish, iglesia (church) is always a feminine noun), or adjectives that change to reflect the gender of the object described (moreno/morena (brunette)).*

However, you're not totally wrong. There is at least one gendered adjective in the English language.

blond (adj. masc)
blonde (adj. fem)

--G

*Random factoid of the day regarding genders in Spanish. Ordinarily, feminine nouns and adjectives end in -a. The word for problem in Spanish is "problema." Thus, you could say that all problems are female in nature. Sadly, you'd be wrong, as "problema" comes from Arabic. In Spanish, all problemas are masculine.

 

[Nifft]

And what we're looking for is examples of nouns that have an inherent gender connection

Oh, is it? Okay.

- Sorceress.
- Witch.
- Warlock - outside of D&D, they're always male.
- Fireman - I can't find a female form of this one.
- Spokesman / Spokesmodel / Spokesperson - female form seems overly specific.
- Actor / Actress - though current industry vogue is to ignore the latter, it exists strongly outside of the industry.
- Chanteuse - borrowed, but so is the rest of English.
- Mannish (adjective) - contrast with "manly".

Cheers, -- N

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Man-hands.