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Washing machines have genders?
Yes, female in german, idc about french but i suspect it's the same.
Is it stupid we've done this for all nouns? Yes.
Do I judge you subconsciously if you use it wrong? Also unfortunately yes.
In French, we have different synonyms for that :
Why do they have different gender for the same thing ? Because, insert your favorite expletive word, that's why !
Romance languages be fun like that lol
Tabernac!
To mess with foreigner is my take (as I'm one).
Machines tend to be female, because the word machine itself is feminine
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Makes sense. Both require regular maintenance or they'll start acting up.
Where do you think new washing machines come from? The sturgeon brings them? Don't be ridiculous! They are far too heavy!
I thought they came from pet hair clumping up in another washing machine.
Also in German, there's a neutral gender which applies to diminutive nouns ending in -chen, which means that men are male (Der Mann), women are female (Die Frau), boys are male (Der Junge) and girls are neutral (Das Mädchen). Which is fun to learn for the first time lol.
Yes, but only in Europe.
Latín América, too.
(Autocorrect put tildes in those words and I do not regret it)