"Its"? Someone doesn't know if a bull is a he or a she?
Re: I call Bull!!
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2026 7:38 am
by JimFoxvog
JoyE wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2026 9:45 pm
"Its"? Someone doesn't know if a bull is a he or a she?
"He" and "she" are personal pronouns. A bull is not a person. When people use personal pronouns for animals, that's the anthropomorphic fallacy. Next you get people considering pets as family members.
JoyE wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2026 9:45 pm
"Its"? Someone doesn't know if a bull is a he or a she?
"He" and "she" are personal pronouns. A bull is not a person. When people use personal pronouns for animals, that's the anthropomorphic fallacy. Next you get people considering pets as family members.
Wife: Jesus did it. Actually, I have no idea how gender worked in Aramaic/ancient Hebrew, other than the assumption that all the nouns were automatically gendered masculine or feminine.
Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Re: I call Bull!!
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2026 2:51 pm
by ohio jones
Soloist wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 2:09 pm
Wife: Jesus did it. Actually, I have no idea how gender worked in Aramaic/ancient Hebrew, other than the assumption that all the nouns were automatically gendered masculine or feminine.
Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Was Jesus speaking King Jamesian, or does that quote say more about 1769 English grammar and gender than it does about Aramaic, Hebrew, or Greek?