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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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It wasn't erroneous, you French prick.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:18,
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""Blond", with its continued gender-varied usage, is one of few adjectives in written English to retain separate masculine and feminine grammatical genders. "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:31,
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"The alternative spellings blonde and blond correspond to the feminine and masculine forms in French, but in English the distinction is not always made, as English does not have such distinctions of grammatical gender. "www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blonde?q=blonde
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:35,
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Blond was the Swedish boy band that has represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. In Dublin the band performed the entry "Bara hon älskar mig" which finished in 14th place.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond_(band)
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:39,
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The source for the wikipedia nonsense is The American Heritage Book of English Usage(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:38,
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"In French, blond is masculine and blonde is feminine. This distinction generally extends to the English adjectives, especially in British English"grammarist.com/usage/blond-blonde/
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:43,
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Once again, quoting American sources is not convincing me that we have grammatical gender in English.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 10:46,
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