The sex of everyday objects.

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kittinSol -> The sex of everyday objects. (3/1/2009 4:01:46 PM)
FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong buttons. TYRES: Tyres are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated. HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under their butt. SPONGES: These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water. WEB PAGES: Female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on. TRAINS: Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people. EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom. HAMMERS: Male, because in the last 5000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around. THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: it easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

Vendaval -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 12:13:25 AM)
Cute, I especially like the remote control one. [:D]

DeviantlyD -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 12:20:26 AM)
LOL! That was entertaining! It reminds me of the romance languages and how all objects are either masculine or feminine...though I often don't know how a particular object was deemed one or the other.

Vendaval -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 12:23:45 AM)
D, that was my first thought as well.

DeviantlyD -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 12:36:16 AM)
Oooo Vendaval, maybe we had a mind meld. Scary! quakes in fear Okay, not really. But this IS the humor section after all. :D

sirsholly -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 4:31:15 AM)
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

GoodFeathers -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 5:36:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD LOL! That was entertaining! It reminds me of the romance languages and how all objects are either masculine or feminine...though I often don't know how a particular object was deemed one or the other. I spent many a hour in my foreign language classes wondering that same thing...and coming to a few conclusions. Take the German language for example: der - masculine die - feminine das - neuter water (in general) is feminine. However, a bottle of water, is masculine. Pens, pencils, a stick, pretty much any phallic looking object is masculine. However (if I recall correctly) spoons, cups, most dishes, and pretty much anything that will hold liquid/food without a lid/cap/cover, is given a feminine gender. Now, here's where it gets funky. People are messed up. Children, moreso. Here's why: Boys are given a masculine gender, "the boy"; "der Junge". However, girls are neuter. "the girl" is "das Madchen". WTF?!? Now, children in general, "kinder" are masculine, "der Kinder". Again, WTF?!?

hardbodysub -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 8:42:18 AM)
quote: PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong buttons. And when they get jammed up, it takes a friggin' expert to set them straight again.

hardbodysub -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 8:46:23 AM)
It's not just the romance languages. German is that way too. I used to think that English was one of the few languages that don't assign gender to everything, but now I realize that I don't know anything at all about Scandinavian (other than Swedish sounds very cute), Asian, African, and native American languages. Can anyone shed some light on other languages of the world, and whether they assign genders to everything?

motsxx -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/2/2009 12:40:34 PM)
wels gives gender to everything (:

Tantriqu -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/5/2009 3:50:29 PM)
No gender in Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese; I was miffed when I an acquaintance talked about me in the masculine, until I found out it's a new concept for them.

subharlequin -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (3/16/2009 2:00:26 AM)
spanish does ..if you have a group of females its a feminine but if its a group of females with one male..its masculine..at least i think thats right been eons since i took spanish lol

rukna -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (4/22/2009 4:55:21 AM)
loved every one of them thanks

kittinSol -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (4/22/2009 5:52:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subharlequin spanish does ..if you have a group of females its a feminine but if its a group of females with one male..its masculine..at least i think thats right been eons since i took spanish lol Same in French. 100 women dancing together: "Elles dansent." 99 women + 1 guy dancing together: "Ils dansent."

Arpig -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (4/22/2009 9:31:25 AM)
Actually English also assigns gender to words, however there is no difference in how the words are used, so it is effectively irrelevant

kittinSol -> RE: The sex of everyday objects. (4/22/2009 9:41:29 AM)
Un vehicule. Une voiture. A vehicule. A car. See :-) ? It's neutral in English.

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