8 Sep
2018
8 Sep
'18
10:44 a.m.
On Sep 8, 2018, at 09:29, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
The same things happens with animals. In English, dogs are usually referred to as "it" but when you know a dog personally, like a family member, people say she or he. In German it's different, since gender is part of words anyway. A dog is male until you find out it's female.
I think that’s dependent on the speaker. I personally never refer to dogs as “it”, even for an unfamiliar dog.