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Jerry,
Interesting question. In many languages countries are assigned gender
for no compelling reason whatsoever. Why is Brasil masculine and
England feminine in the Portuguese language? My guess is that Brasil
is a 'fatherland' too. Irrespective of the fact that most countries
are called 'motherlands', I don't know of any country whose citizens
are truly 'madriotic'.
Peter
From: "English Books - Al Ahsa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Hitler as a Catholic
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Hi,
So much has been written about the above topic. Now could some one tell my
Germany is called the Father land and not Mother land as done for most
countries? Are there any other countries which are father lands?
Cheers
Jerry Fernandes
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