Spanish Lesson
I think this is great!!!
Hilda
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From: Ellen
>
>
> Subject: Spanish Lesson
>
> A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike
> English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
>
> 'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
> 'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
>
> 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 its recommendation.
>
> The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine
> gender ('la computadora'), 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 retrieval; and
>
> 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half
> your paycheck on accessories for it.
>
> (THIS GETS BETTER!)
>
> The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el
> computador'), 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.
>
> The women won.
>
> Send this to all the smart women you know...and all the men that have a sense
> of humor.
^^^^^^^^
CB: The women win , so computers are masculine. Please don't throw me
into that briar patch.
>
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