Funny.....
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A language instructor was explaining to her class that French
nouns, unlike
their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as
masculine or
feminine. Things like "chalk" or "pencil," she described, would
have a
gender association - even though in English, these words were
neutral.
Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a
computer?"
The teacher wasn't certain, so divided the class into two groups
and asked
them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. One
group was
composed of the women in the class, and the other, of men. Both
groups were
asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.
The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to
in the
masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the
time they
_are_ the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had
waited a
little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should
definitely be
referred to as the feminine gender 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 your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for
later
retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half
your paycheck on accessories for it.
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