Re: gender in English
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 7, 2000, 4:14 |
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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 ... :-)
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