A list of 26 words by Jubjub.
- Awas added by Jubjub and appears on 15 lists
- Bwas added by Jubjub and appears on 10 lists
- Cwas added by Jubjub and appears on 13 lists
- Dwas added by Jubjub and appears on 9 lists
- Ewas added by Jubjub and appears on 6 lists
- Fwas added by Jubjub and appears on 6 lists
- Gwas added by Jubjub and appears on 8 lists
- Hwas added by Jubjub and appears on 8 lists
- Iwas added by Jubjub and appears on 41 lists
- Jwas added by Jubjub and appears on 6 lists
- Kwas added by Jubjub and appears on 11 lists
- Lwas added by Jubjub and appears on 9 lists
- Mwas added by Jubjub and appears on 6 lists
- Nwas added by Jubjub and appears on 10 lists
- Owas added by Jubjub and appears on 10 lists
- Pwas added by Jubjub and appears on 9 lists
- Qwas added by Jubjub and appears on 6 lists
- Rwas added by Jubjub and appears on 10 lists
- Swas added by Jubjub and appears on 8 lists
- Twas added by Jubjub and appears on 9 lists
- Uwas added by Jubjub and appears on 7 lists
- Vwas added by Jubjub and appears on 9 lists
- Wwas added by Jubjub and appears on 8 lists
- Xwas added by Jubjub and appears on 11 lists
- Ywas added by Jubjub and appears on 6 lists
- Zwas added by Jubjub and appears on 5 lists
TankHughes commented on the list boy-or-girl-letters
Truly, I have no strong feeling about this. I have stronger feelings about my favorite numbers. This does reminds me of the Radiolab episode (http://www.radiolab.org/story/love-numbers/) that explores the emotional opinions that people have about numbers - ones they love, hate, or think of as gendered. In most cases, the reasoning had to do with the shape of the symbol or usage on a very base level. 1 is phallic and independent and male, whereas 2 is curved and feminine and partnered and secondary. Using those thoughts:
I, L, T, Y are kinda phallic.
B, C, G, O, Q, U are rounded like lady-parts (yonic?).
O is used at the end of masculine nouns in Romance languages, and A for feminine. That carries into a lot of names (Julio, Julia), so O seems conflicted between feminine shape and masculine marker use.
I think of Roman numerals as a pretty masculine system, but out of that context C, D, I, L, M, V, X don't really strike me as gendered. An interesting thought to pursue, though.
May 5, 2015