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[john coppola]

I like this message. this is not spam.
semantics is very important to python so in a strange
way i feel this message is related.

--- Afonso Fernandez Nogueira <afonso at writeme.com>
wrote:
> >Gustavo Cordova <gcordova at hebmex.com> graced us by
> uttering:
> >> And also "agua" which seems female, but it's a
> male subject: "el agua".
> 
> >IIRC, "agua" _is_ feminine, but takes the masculine
> article when
> >singular. Mi diccionario dice que "agua" es
> feminina, también.
> 
> >OTOH, la palabra "mar" es masculina _y_ feminina.
> Por ejemplo:
> >
> >   "el agua en la mar"     # Correct
> >    "las aguas del mar"     # Correct
> 
> Right. "Agua" is feminine, but takes the masculine
> article in singular just to avoid the cacophony of
> the two consecutive a's.
> 
> "La _ agua" is considered difficult to say and/or
> ugly in Spanish, as you can't merge the sounds
> together as if in Catalan "L'aigua".
> 
> But this doesn't apply to every word starting with
> "a", only in a few cases.
> 
>
almost-zero-python-knowledge-but-eager-to-share-email-address-with-spammers'ly
> yours
> fonso
> 
> 
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