Language oddity

May. 2nd, 2009 10:09 pm
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Why is patrimony what you get from your father, but matrimony is what you give to your spouse?
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Date: 2009-05-03 04:08 am (UTC)
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This exact issue is often exhibit 1 in discussions of sexism being built into language.
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