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Topic: computer's gender
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cancerrg
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Registered: Dec 2004
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posted March 01, 2008 08:55 AM
 
A French teacher was explaining to her college class that in French, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. House is feminine "la maison." Pencil 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 review; and
4.. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay cheque on accessories for it. 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 IP: Logged |
Yin
Knowflake Posts: 1409
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Registered: May 2004
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posted March 01, 2008 09:29 AM
OMG, this is funny. 
BTW "computer" is a "he" in Bulgarian.
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cancerrg
Knowflake Posts: 2668
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posted March 01, 2008 09:52 AM
its a HE in hindi as well ! IP: Logged |
alma_pisces
Knowflake Posts: 234
From: bottom of the ocean
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted March 01, 2008 10:26 AM
hahahaha, this is funny!Computar is female in spanish. La Computadora. IP: Logged |
blue moon
Moderator Posts: 1169
From: U.K
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted March 01, 2008 02:30 PM
French -> Un ordinateur -> male IP: Logged |
yourfriendinspirit
Moderator Posts: 2528
From: California, USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted March 01, 2008 06:26 PM
This is really Le'cute!!! 
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Motherkonfessor
Knowflake Posts: 1140
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Registered: Oct 2003
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posted March 02, 2008 03:26 AM
My computer's name is "Boyfriend."MK IP: Logged |
fieryscales
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posted March 02, 2008 11:33 AM
Love it  IP: Logged |
BlueRoamer
Knowflake Posts: 3944
From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 02, 2008 12:33 PM
That's odd MK cause my boyfriend's name is computer!!??!IP: Logged |
SexyScorp103
Knowflake Posts: 201
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted March 02, 2008 06:37 PM
Cancerrg, i got this in an email once. I believe the last sentence is supposed to read "The girls won."=D IP: Logged |
cancerrg
Knowflake Posts: 2668
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Registered: Dec 2004
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posted March 03, 2008 11:18 AM
the mail that i got said , ' the boy won'  IP: Logged |
Kal_El
Knowflake Posts: 217
From: Seattle
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted March 03, 2008 11:32 AM
ah thank you for brightening my day. This had me grinning ear to ear!------------------
Scio me nihil scire
tanslation- I know that I know Nothing IP: Logged |
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