I'm not sure I see any m-f distinctions in everyday Dutch anymore; I mean, I see them in church, but that's because by church has the Apostles' Creed on the walls, and it's full of dens and ders. Which of course fills me with joy and happiness (on a linguistic as well as a religious level), but I can imagine that most people walk in and simply see it as old-fashioned.
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Re: plurals
Date: 2006-12-18 12:03 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I see any m-f distinctions in everyday Dutch anymore; I mean, I see them in church, but that's because by church has the Apostles' Creed on the walls, and it's full of dens and ders. Which of course fills me with joy and happiness (on a linguistic as well as a religious level), but I can imagine that most people walk in and simply see it as old-fashioned.