[Fwd: computer genders !]

[Vishnu Mohan <vishnumohan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not bad


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Hi !

This is not one for women's Lib...but what the heck..

Love,
Meera

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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 although in English these words wereneutral.

Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a
computer?"

The teacher wasn't certain which it was, and 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 in the feminine gender because:

  1. No one but their creator understand 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.


Hope that made sense !! ;)


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