German Gender
Whats with germans and gender .. their language is quite funny.. simple words like "is" "that" "take" "give" is different for different genders ..yes its true.
Not that i have any first hand experience .. a collegue of mine who has fineshed few levels of german language told me about it ..
I was planning to take up these classes some time back .. but now i just have pure haterd towrds it..Why ??
Well few days back i happen to send a mail to a german company .. that was my first mail ..as in first official mail to be sent out to a client .. like anyone else i was thrilled about it .. awaited their reply eagerly .. very eagerly ..
I had send out a follow-up mail .. i did..
The reply was instant .. i was looking at my outlook express with great admiration for myself.. a reply so quick .. not many get that ..i was told..
so obviously was excited to get the reply.. grining ear-to-ear .. i did look beyond the e-mail id.. it said
"Soryy...blah blah..." dissappointed .. totally disappointed .. My first mail .. and rejection ..
i wanted to read it 10 times before i informed my seniors here about and then i noticed
"Hello Mr.Divya" Mr....MR.. Mister.. it was written ..Mistur..
Whaaat the heck.. they cant read the mail properly or what i have name in bold letters as "Ms.Divya"
With mixed emotions "excited" "thrilled" "sad" "very sad" "angry" "wanted to punch that guy " i did tell my senior here..
They did give few gyan on "its ok.. good you got a reply so fast .. blah.. blah.. you know how it was when i started out.. blah .. blah.."
Whatever .. even if those gender-confused German do get back to us .. I'm not giving them any project.. not that i'm the authority.. but stil NO NO project to
IT(them) ...
Not that i have any first hand experience .. a collegue of mine who has fineshed few levels of german language told me about it ..
I was planning to take up these classes some time back .. but now i just have pure haterd towrds it..Why ??
Well few days back i happen to send a mail to a german company .. that was my first mail ..as in first official mail to be sent out to a client .. like anyone else i was thrilled about it .. awaited their reply eagerly .. very eagerly ..
I had send out a follow-up mail .. i did..
The reply was instant .. i was looking at my outlook express with great admiration for myself.. a reply so quick .. not many get that ..i was told..
so obviously was excited to get the reply.. grining ear-to-ear .. i did look beyond the e-mail id.. it said
"Soryy...blah blah..." dissappointed .. totally disappointed .. My first mail .. and rejection ..
i wanted to read it 10 times before i informed my seniors here about and then i noticed
"Hello Mr.Divya" Mr....MR.. Mister.. it was written ..Mistur..
Whaaat the heck.. they cant read the mail properly or what i have name in bold letters as "Ms.Divya"
With mixed emotions "excited" "thrilled" "sad" "very sad" "angry" "wanted to punch that guy " i did tell my senior here..
They did give few gyan on "its ok.. good you got a reply so fast .. blah.. blah.. you know how it was when i started out.. blah .. blah.."
Whatever .. even if those gender-confused German do get back to us .. I'm not giving them any project.. not that i'm the authority.. but stil NO NO project to
IT(them) ...
posted by <$Divi$> | 12:46 pm
2 Comments:
I have the SAME problem with these german technocrats !! Ms. Vignesh, Mr. Vinhsegh, sheesh !!!
Thanks for the link love ;)
Aiyyo! Why so much hatred?! Shanti!
Ok, French has two genders.
For Example,
coffee is a HE; music is a SHE.
German has three genders.
For Example,
coffee is a HE; music is a SHE and child is an IT.
Now, about "is" "take" "give" being different for different genders? Ok, this is just conjugation.
In English you say,
he comeS
they come, right?
Well, you are just conjugating the verb "to come" based on the subject. It's the exact same thing in French and German (and Kannada "avaru barthaaREY, avanu barthaaNEY, avalu barthhaLEY and oh telugu, abbai vasthaaDU, ammai VasthunDHI, vaallu VasthaaRU, etc.).
So, these launguages are not so different from the ones we speak, really!
And about them not knowing if you are a Mr./Ms. Come ON! We're smart people, we tend to know that Claus Heckler is a guy and Julia Schorlemmer is a woman but those guys have never heard our names before, alva? Cut them some slack... :0)
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