Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Sexually Confused

We all learned back in our freshman Spanish classes (or, in my case, French—why did I take that?), that quite a few languages apply a gender identity to many words—some words are masculine, some are feminine and yet others are total trannies. In the course of navigating this strange and wonderful and confusing and frustrating language, I've noticed something odd.

Beer, or cervaza, which is probably the word I've grown most proficient at saying (sounds something like "ther-beh-tha" when you apply the obligatory Spanish lisp), is… wait for it… feminine! The word for sparkling white wine, on the other hand? Masculine.

Odd, no?

3 comments:

jm said...

are you implying that beer is a beverage only suitable for men to drink? stated like a true sexist european!

MCM said...

Beer should never be compared to trannies

Vicky Modica said...

I love "total trannies" hilarious alliteration!

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