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A French teacher was explaining to her class that in French, unlike
> English,
>> nouns are designated as either masculine
>> or feminine. "House" for instance, is feminine -- "la maison."
>> "Pencil" , however, is masculine -- le crayon. " 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 their recommendation.
>>
>> The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the
> feminine
>> gender ("la computer"), 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.
>>
>> No chuckling guys... this gets better!!!)
>>
>> The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be
>> Masculine
> le
>> computer"), 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.
>