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Date: 2003/04/07 Mon PM 04:31:05 GMT+12:00
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Subject: Le Computerrrr
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A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns
unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as
masculine or feminine. "House" in French, is feminine-"la maison."
"Pencil" in French, is masculine-"le crayon." One puzzled student asked,
"What gender is computer?" The teacher did not know, and the word was
not in her French dictionary. So for fun she split the class into two
groups appropriately enough, by gender, and asked them to decide whether
"computer" should be a masculine of a feminine noun. Both groups were
required to give four reasons for their recommendation.
The men's group decided that computer should definitely be of the
feminine gender ('la computer"), 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 pay on accessories for it.
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be
masculine ('le computer") 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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