WHAT GENDER IS A COMPUTER?
From: Kiranmayi. V. R @ adecco (Bangalore)
From: Kiranmayi. V. R @ adecco (Bangalore)
Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?".........
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WHAT GENDER IS A COMPUTER?
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 were
neutral.
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 comprised 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 understands 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.
I wud like to refer those guys for Noble Prize
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