08-06-2026, 09:15 PM
Interesting argument. I speak Standard Italian and the local Eastern Lombard language and what's interesting is that some words have opposite genders between the two languages, i.e. Italian 'il sale' (the salt), masculine, and Eastern Lombard 'la sal', feminine. I automatically switch without much thought (I guess, never thought much about this). Howerer it's fun to ask somebody to voice "una forchetta" (fork, Italian, feminine, [for.'kɛt.ta]), which results in a high-pitched voice, and then to voice a "perù" (fork, eastern Lombard, masculine [pe.'ru]) resulting in a very low-pitched voice. So there must be at least some grain of truth in the (weak) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. 