AFAIK, only ships are referred to as women. Everything else is gender neutral.
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > I learnt my english while Hongkong was still a british colony (ok, she's > called United Kingdoms now). You sure that it's "its" not "her"? Is that > how United Nations described other nations? > > > And, finally, while I'm ranting, the proper pronoun is "its," not > > "her." As in, "Then every government can design *its* own security > > schemes around the kernel." > > > > Kurt > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
