On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:26:10 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >I made a mistake in the title as it should have been "Beat the Attitude out of >It" (rather than "him"), as mentioned in the article. That also gives us a >feel as to how they think of the horse.
I think that's more a language than a social comment - Icelandic has masculine, feminine and neuter clauses. An individual animal that you know is usually referred to as him or her, but one you don't is called it. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes"
