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Re: gender in English

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, September 7, 2000, 4:14
Marcus Smith wrote:
> Simple. Same reason cars are feminine. It's a guy thing -- we love our > vehicles, we give them female names. Widespread homophobia wouldn't allow any > other option. ;-)
Hmm, I'd always thought it was because of the male sailors being deprived of female contact for months on end ... :-) -- "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor