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    Default 'What gender is 'computer'?'

    A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
    'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
    'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
    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 its recommendation.
    The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), 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.

    The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), 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..

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    With my Luddite leanings, I empathise with both groups, so, the answer is to change the Spanish language!!

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    Well Aussies must think they're female because all I ever hear at work is "compuda"

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    The answer is:
























    They are female when they work properly, and male when they don't. :run:
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    I could not pass up this opportunity to highlight the expressive superiority of the Italian language:

    a calculating machine (calcolatrice) is feminine
    an elaborating machine (elaboratore) is masculine.

    Your shot, TL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest View Post
    I could not pass up this opportunity to highlight the expressive superiority of the Italian language:

    a calculating machine (calcolatrice) is feminine
    an elaborating machine (elaboratore) is masculine.

    Your shot, TL
    Well....... Italian men must talk more than aussie men. (Do they even answer the question "so what are you thinking?" ) and women must be good with money.


    What the hell is an elaborating machine?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest View Post
    I could not pass up this opportunity to highlight the expressive superiority of the Italian language:

    a calculating machine (calcolatrice) is feminine
    an elaborating machine (elaboratore) is masculine.

    Your shot, TL
    Italian has fewer words than english but Italians can easily to fill in the gaps with their hands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post


    What the hell is an elaborating machine?
    A computer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    Italian has fewer words than english but Italians can easily to fill in the gaps with their hands.
    Yes, Latinos are recognised around the world as being better at filling in certain gaps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest View Post
    A computer.
    Yes! Terribly good at making things more elaborate. More paper not less, more lost things not less, more frustration not less.........and they only do what you tell them to do, to the letter. (ie: will do what you said not wat you meant too say. :aaah: ). Another male trait.
    Last edited by tea lady; 16th July 2009 at 11:42 PM. Reason: a bit more.
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