Like what it says - how many guys and gals do we have around here? I don't seem to see more than 5 of us ladies hanging about here. Of course, it could be because of the fact that we have gender-neutral names such as mine :stickout

Okay, take a poll, people - let's see if this industry is really that male-dominated :D

maybe its changed though...
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=10964&highlight=male+female
:stickout

Originally posted by avium
Of course, it could be because of the fact that we have gender-neutral names such as mine :stickout


Gender-neutral indeed.

In Latin, the suffix "-um" denotes the neuter. In fact, the suffixes "-um, -i, -o, -um, -o" are all neuter. For example, all of these names would leave one wondering about your gender:
avium
avii
avio
avium
avio

Now, if you had wanted the "avi-" prefix with a female suffix to reflect your gender, you could've picked "-a, -ae, -ae, -am, -a". That is:
avia
aviae
aviae
aviam
avia

It would have been indicative of your gender had you used those names.

Now names you would want to stay away from, unless you wanted to show your masculine side, would be those with the suffixes '-us, -i, -o, -um, -o". Of course, these suffixes correspond with the masculine gender. The names would be:
avius
avii
avio
avium
avio.


Class dismissed.

Originally posted by aragon
In Latin, the suffix "-um" denotes the neuter.
[...]
all of these names would leave one wondering about your gender:
avium
[...]
Now names you would want to stay away from, unless you wanted to show your masculine side, would be those with the suffixes '-us, -i, -o, -um, -o". Of course, these suffixes correspond with the masculine gender.
The names would be:
avium

Class dismissed.
Latin gets more confusing every day.

Male.

Originally posted by avium
Like what it says - how many guys and gals do we have around here? I don't seem to see more than 5 of us ladies hanging about here. Of course, it could be because of the fact that we have gender-neutral names such as mine :stickout

Okay, take a poll, people - let's see if this industry is really that male-dominated :D

Okay, I voted so where's the other ladies? I can't hog up all the guys for myself <wink, wink>.

Chris

Female :D

* salutes aragon *

Very impressive, but then again, it was part of a latin word that I took it out from, or more specifically, out of a plant. I don't want to know if there really is the word avium, what it's meaning might be.

Come on - more votes? :)

Female here.. :)

Originally posted by JayC

Latin gets more confusing every day.

:emlaugh: :emlaugh: I can't stop laughing at that. I love the fact that a dead language is getting even more confusing :).

Originally posted by uuallan


:emlaugh: :emlaugh: I can't stop laughing at that. I love the fact that a dead language is getting even more confusing :).

i was thinking the same thing, but i didn't find it that funny... :stickout :stickout

Female here :wavey:

Woe, that's quite a number of ladies we have here - I was thinking that there could be no more than 10 of us!

Anymore out there? Gents, let's do the poll too so we can get an accurate result, okay? ;)

Let's modify the poll -

Who is female, single, looking, and near South Dakota?

To respond to poll, please email adam@getwebspace.com

Thank you for your support.

-Adam :love:

* smacks getweb on the head *

Try americansingles.com... :rolleyes:

Female here... of course you could tell by the username (I'm not of those strange men that use female usernames)...

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I took Latin for all 4 years in high school ("A" average). I've even been to Italy.. ;)

Latin is easy... I've read all the great Latin writers.

Originally posted by rockergrrl

Latin is easy... OK, OK, do I always have to explain the jokes? It's not that Latin is really confusing, it's that Aragon's "lesson" was; because it included "-um" as both masculine and neuter, and in contradiction named "avium" as an example of each.

And that I always thought of "-um" as a noun suffix as neither indicating masculine or neuter, but diminutive. But I could be wrong, since I hardly ever speak Latin -- I don't get to Latin America as much as I used to, these days.

Let's get back on the topic, people...

However did my username become a topic of debate?

Originally posted by JayC
OK, OK, do I always have to explain the jokes? It's not that Latin is really confusing, it's that Aragon's "lesson" was; because it included "-um" as both masculine and neuter, and in contradiction named "avium" as an example of each.

And that I always thought of "-um" as a noun suffix as neither indicating masculine or neuter, but diminutive. But I could be wrong, since I hardly ever speak Latin -- I don't get to Latin America as much as I used to, these days.

-um is in the nominative case for neuter (as well as accusative, but lets not worry about that right now.)

-um for masculine is purely accusative.

Since "avium" is using it as her name, it would be in the nominative case. Avius would be the masculine counterpart and Avia would be feminine. Now had we used a sentence, the cases would be changed. But that's too much for now. :stickout

Clear things up for you JayC?

what about people who are both, usually I am one of those idiots who puts (yes please) next to that question.

Jeremiah has obviously been reading too much Japanese manga... :D

nah just anime DBZ is the best show on television. I can't wait until DB GT

Back when I was holidaying in Japan 4 years back, they were showing GT on TV. There was only one problem - the anime was SUPER DRAGGY! I mean, come on - I stayed there for 3 weeks, and for the entire time, at the same time each week, I only see this golden monkey bursting out of a building and roaring and nothing else happens... :stickout

Oh wait - we are off topic here. So, what's the gender ratio? :)

Originally posted by avium
Oh wait - we are off topic here. Don't worry so much about being off topic on this thread! What do you want, people to answer the poll and post "I have answered" -- or post what their answer was -- or not post at all? There needs to be some conversation in the thread, and a conversation on topic, the stated topic being "what's the gender ratio...?" would only be:

Currently it appears that 76.56% of the forum users are male. But with only 64 respondants to this very unscientific survey, the margin of error is very high and the confidence level of the poll quite low.

Hmm - then let's talk Latin again! :D

Originally posted by rockergrrl
Female here... of course you could tell by the username (I'm not of those strange men that use female usernames)...

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I took Latin for all 4 years in high school ("A" average). I've even been to Italy.. ;)

Latin is easy... I've read all the great Latin writers.

oh, yeah, i got this from first sight, tina and rockergrrl are gls,
but why how the name is constructed.
is it
rocker's girl >>> rockergrrl

:cartman:

Originally posted by avium
Hmm - then let's talk Latin again! :D

i don't know latin :bawling:

GRACIAS. ;)