http://faerye.net/post/language-and-gender 2009-04-13T13:04:20+00:00 http://faerye.net/post/language-and-gender#comment-2488 2009-04-13T13:04:20+00:00 2009-04-13T13:04:20+00:00 <p>Interesting. The gender of personified nations is always interesting, especially the potential contrast between the poetic nation and the political nation &mdash; Britannia vs. John Bull, for instance.</p> Felicity http://faerye.net http://faerye.net/post/language-and-gender#comment-2487 2009-04-11T12:20:52+00:00 2009-04-11T12:20:52+00:00 <p>Check www.languagehat.com for April 10. You should find it interesting if you haven&rsquo;t already seen it.</p> Elaine Corwin