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> 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.
>
>
>
> (THIS GETS BETTER!)
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> The women won.
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