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Forks are female and knives are male

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 18:57

And spoons are female too.
Or is it just me?

I also think letters and numbers are gendered and some of them have quite specific personalities. Eg. Both G and H are older matriarchal women.

I am aware I am coming across as an absolute loon.

OP posts:
tightfit · 22/03/2026 19:59

Also 2 is yellow and 4 is blue! 😀

Handeyethingyowl · 22/03/2026 20:02

Nooooooooooo, the best thing about English nouns is no bloody gender to remember!

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 22/03/2026 20:03

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 18:57

And spoons are female too.
Or is it just me?

I also think letters and numbers are gendered and some of them have quite specific personalities. Eg. Both G and H are older matriarchal women.

I am aware I am coming across as an absolute loon.

Other way round. Knives are female, forks are male.

Owly11 · 22/03/2026 20:05

Monday is blue, Tuesday is yellow, Wednesday is green, Thursday is colour unknown, Friday is red, Saturday is white and Sunday is black.

saltandlineker · 22/03/2026 20:05

Thursdays and October are definitely the same but they are even and cool/blue/purple. Wednesdays and Mondays are odd and Red/orange/hot

RamsaySnowsSausage · 22/03/2026 20:07

I went to see Derren Brown the other night. The audience had to choose yellow or green and after the result he did a monologue about free choice and how he had determined who the audience would vote for etc. Now I absolutely LOVE Derren but was he aware that, no way in my entire life would I have ever voted yellow, because it was my primary school nemesis's favourite colour and I have a deep aversion to it because of that! And it is associated with even numbers, which mildly disgust me?

Lots of his suggestion/mentalism doesn't work on me because I have a very strict order of favouritism for letters and numbers. I would never pick any even number, I would never pick certain letters. He would combust befre he made me utter '8' or 'H'.

I find it strange when people don't have favourites...I can't imagine not being numberist/letterist 😆 It's such a visceral feeling.

Monday is purply-blue, tuesday is orange, wed is yellow, thursday is green and smells of bleach, friday is purple, sat id yellow and sunday is orange.

People with long, thin noses are Thursday-people.

GlomOfNit · 22/03/2026 20:14

Monday is red.

Aluna · 22/03/2026 20:16

takealettermsjones · 22/03/2026 19:00

Well, in French, you are correct ☺️

It’s always annoyed me that an angel is male.

Footle · 22/03/2026 20:18

Sunday is sunflower colour , yellow with a fierce dark centre. Monday is light green, Tuesday darker green, Wednesday yellow/green, Thursday light purple, Friday warm earthy brown, Saturday blue/grey

ladyamy · 22/03/2026 20:21

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:02

Wow, it's clearly blue and not just cos of Blue Monday. It just is.
Tuesday is yellow

Its red to me, and Wednesday is green. Agree with yellow for Tuesday tho.

Coconutter24 · 22/03/2026 20:25

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:06

Way to bring down a fun thread.

Sporks!

How has it brought it down? It was a joke

ChillingWithMySnowmies · 22/03/2026 20:28

the only thing i know is i don't trust wednesdays. It's a fence sitter and can't make its mind up if its a mon/tues sort of day, or a thurs/fri sort of day.

HelenaWaiting · 22/03/2026 20:32

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 22/03/2026 19:04

What?!

Yabu

Sunday is deep egg yolk yellow. Monday is lemon yellow. Tuesday is blue. Weds is green.

This is similar to what I get except my Sunday is orange. Monday is acid yellow.

martha79 · 22/03/2026 20:32

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_linguistic_personification

When I was a kid I used to lie in bed running through the alphabet and numbers, seeing each one as its particular gender and personality. Nobody I've spoken to has ever understood but I found the above after some googling a few years ago. You are also absolutely right about the cutlery OP.

Ordinal linguistic personification - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_linguistic_personification

martha79 · 22/03/2026 20:34

PS for me, odd numbers are mostly male and even mostly female but there are some exceptions. 7 is definitely female.

angelsofsunset · 22/03/2026 20:36

Monday is blue, Tuesday is yellow, Wednesday is red, Thursday is brown/orangey and Friday is black. Weirdly Sat and Sun dont seem to have a colour

WhatNextImScared · 22/03/2026 20:38

Evaka · 22/03/2026 19:07

The Bakerloo line is a posh older gent.

It really is! The jubilee line is a city suit, the northern line is a member of an indie band, the Victoria line works in graphic design

grumpygrape · 22/03/2026 20:40

OpheliaNightingale · 22/03/2026 19:26

@ is purple male or female? That’s what I struggle with!

Purple is MY COLOUR so is obviously female. HTH
💜💜💜💜💜

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 20:42

grumpygrape · 22/03/2026 20:40

Purple is MY COLOUR so is obviously female. HTH
💜💜💜💜💜

Prince made it male.

Nofeckingway · 22/03/2026 20:46

Sunday is definitely white or silver because it is shiny . Friday is still sludgy work colours and then Saturday revels itself to be reddish ombre ending in pink .

Teaspoons are for Victorian style ladies . Soup spoons are for peasants . And salad servers are for tossers .

NerrSnerr · 22/03/2026 20:47

Forks are female, knives and spoons are male. Monday’s blue, Tuesday’s orange. Thursday is purple, the same as November.

TheresOnlyOneWayOfLife · 22/03/2026 20:56

First names are either thin/skinny or ‘well rounded/chunky’ names.

Bigknivesmakemenervous · 22/03/2026 20:56

I'm so jealous of you all I would love to have synesthesia. It sounds wonderful.

I can't remember which composer this was but when he was little and went to concerts he thought the lights were dimmed so everyone could see the colours better.

grumpygrape · 22/03/2026 20:56

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 20:42

Prince made it male.

I was there before him 😉💜

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 21:02

grumpygrape · 22/03/2026 20:56

I was there before him 😉💜

Grin

Fair enough. Purple is female.

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