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  Computers. Feminine or Masculine?
December 1, 2006 5:45:32 PM    View the profile of Cosmic 
Found this from a website.

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.
 
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  RE: Computers. Feminine or Masculine?
December 1, 2006 6:49:03 PM    View the profile of Tnepres 


Though I should know, is it really masculine or feminine?  I think the woman's group came up with better reasons though.
 
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  RE: Computers. Feminine or Masculine?
December 1, 2006 10:54:24 PM    View the profile of Aphamos 
Funny

In reality, they are feminine
 
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  RE: Computers. Feminine or Masculine?
December 2, 2006 2:55:49 PM    View the profile of jag fel 

Very funny! The men came up with better reasons though...
 
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  RE: Computers. Feminine or Masculine?
December 3, 2006 2:34:28 PM    View the profile of Yoder 
  Its both, plus I got this a long time ago I have so many of these kind of jokes.
 
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