This is funny, enjoy,
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> >Computer Gender
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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 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 paycheck on accessories
> >for it.
> >
> >The women's group, however, concluded that computers
> >should be masculine ("el computer") because:
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> >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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> >__________________________________
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When you think about it, computers should be combined, according to their logic, and be called "ella" computer.

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