On 03/12/2016 12:58 PM, Mr Macaw wrote:

But we don't insist on putting "a" or "the" in front of every single
noun, and remembering which sex it is.

Probably why the native British birth rate is so low; you can't remember
which sex is which.

I would love to know how they ever did hit on some of the sexes though.
With German it's safe to sort of say d' rather than sorting out der,
die, and das.