In Russian, comrade, the personal pronoun for ships is masculine. <grin, duck & run />
-----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stef > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ntop] Re: [OT already] A step by step guide? > > > If you got to be so nit-picky, allow me to share with you the > followings: > > "All right, I'm only going to say this once: 'He' is the singular > indefinite pronoun in English ("if a person drinks too much, he will > likely experience a hangover"). 'He' also happens to be the masculine > personal pronoun. > > 'She' is the singular pronoun of personification in English ("if > England fails to advance America's foreign-policy ambitions, she will > suffer terrible consequences"). 'She' also happens to be the feminine > personal pronoun. > > Confusing the two exhibits not a warm-and-fuzzy concern for the > inclusion of women so much as a writer's or speaker's ignorance. Using > the feminine personal pronoun as an indefinite article is as moronic as > using the masculine personal pronoun for personification. Thus the > captain greets us: "Welcome to my ship. Isn't he splendid?" > > Give it up, people. It's not thoughtful; it's just illiterate. �" > > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/08/new_winnt_2k_xp_security/) > > Stefan > > On Apr 6, 2004, at 12:16 PM, Burton M. Strauss III wrote: > > > Use s/he -- and type that six times fast :-) > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > >> Nicholas Orr > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:13 AM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: RE: [Ntop] A step by step guide? > >> > >> > >> Um excuse the "he" stuff in my emails, I do mean he or she, its just > >> less > >> typing to stick to one gender, I'm not meaning to offend anyone :/ > >> > >> Nick > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ntop mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
