SC - Knives-gender!... serious?

[Delaurus at geocities.com]

> 	Well I do not know about Spanish... but French is a "Romance language"
> enough I would say and...
> 	gladius===> masculine
> 	gladius sword===> feminine

Actually the Gladius (Glaive) is male... 

> 	bastard sword===> feminine
That I wouldn't make any comments. I'm afraid the term was transliterated 
from AD&D, so iits use is highly unreliable.

> 	bastard===> masculine
(Its feminine version does exist...  More rarely used, but it's in the 
arsenal)
> 	short sword===>feminine
> 	sword===> feminine
(AFAIK, in french a sword is a sword is a sword (-8   No distinctive 
names based on lenght in common usage...    Some on functionality whether 
it is meant primarly as stabbing or slashing...  'Course, the curvy guys 
and other thnic specialties keep their own names...

> 	Joyeuse===> obviously feminine
(The merry one)...
 
                                              Fingers.
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