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Subject: Fwd: Computers
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*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
mascu line: '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 computa dora'),
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;*
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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.*
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