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		cosmodisk on May 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experts Doubt the Sun Is Burning Coal (1863) This a weird memory to be honest. Yes,you are right, English is a second language and normally sun and moon would be 'it' and not 'she' or 'he'.The teacher was too good to get mixed up when it comes to genders but because it was more than 20 years ago,I've got a feeling that there was more into it.Maybe it is how it used to be in onld English or something.

Gibbon1 on May 6, 2020 [–]

As an native speaker I think things that are personified have an aura of gender. Impersonal objects do not. Ships are female for instance. And you use the proper pronoun. The earth is feminine but you don't.

cosmodisk on May 6, 2020 | [–]

Fully agree. On that subject: theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/26/ships-she-royal-navy-language-row-female

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