Reply #75: I've already answered that question, but I'll go into more detail. [View All]

[Shakespeare]

Just to humor you. You're the one who brought up romance languages, and yes, it's rather irrelevant to the ongoing discussion, whether you like that or not.

Of course we have words that are gender-specific (hence, this thread). That's really not the same thing as having definite articles, you know. I'm not sure what comparison you're trying to make here, and don't see it as particularly relevant to the ongoing discussion.

You're twisting my words, too--I didn't say that English should have NO gender-specific nouns. I said that occupation titles and the like should be gender-neutral, because gender is not relevant to what the word defines. And yes, I think that should be the case in any language.