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Re: [romconlang] What gender are the names of letters?

From: Eric Christopherson <rakko@hidden.email>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:05:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [romconlang] What gender are the names of letters?
To: romconlang@yahoogroups.com

On Aug 14, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

What gender are the names of letters in Romance languages?
In Latin they are neuter, so I guess they are masculine in
Romance, but you can never be sure, especially as the word
LITTERA itself is feminine...

In Spanish they are feminine. In Portuguese, according to Wikipediaat least, they are masculine.

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