Clearly the women were right; aren't they always? And erm, it's *un*
ordinateur... masculine.
I know, I am no fun :)
Dana
Kenneth Ketsdever writes:
> A gender computer
>
> A French teacher was explaining to her classthat in French, unlike
> English,nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine:"House" is
> feminine-la maison." Pencil" is masculine-"le crayon."
>
> A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?" Instead of giving the answer,
> the teacher split the class into two groups-male and female - and asked them
> to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a
> feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for their
> recommendation.
>
> The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine
> gender ("la computer"), because:
>
> 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
>
> 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is
> incomprehensible to everyone else;
>
> 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible
> later review; and
>
> 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half
> your salary on accessories for it.
>
>
>
> The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine
> (>le computer") because:
>
> 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
>
> 2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
>
> 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE
> the problem; and
>
> 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little
> longer, you could have gotten a better model.
>
> What arguments would you make? And who won?
>
>
>
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