On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 03:59:04 UTC, Seb wrote:
On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 02:57:47 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
To prepare for a week in Berlin, a few German phrases is all
you'll need to fit in, get around, and have a great time:
1. Ein Bier bitte!
2. Noch ein Bier bitte!
3. Wo ist der WC!
nitpick: Wo ist _das_ WC?
In German WC we have definite articles and as a WC can be used
by both sexes, it is neutral (disclaimer: not a rule).
However it's more common to say "Wo ist die nächste Toilette?"
Sorry, WC is neutral, but this has nothing to do with usage of
both sexes. If you want a short explanation of where different
(linguistic) gender come from, have a look on
http://www.belleslettres.eu/print/genus-gendersprech-v1.pdf
(German) p. 3
In a nutshell: Connecting gender with sex is wrong. Correlation
is not causality.
Sorry for being a smartass. I just have to.
