A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall What gender are computers?

I got this from a friend a few moments ago:
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The 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.



The women won.



Send this is to all the smart women you know...and all the men that

have a sense of humor.

Oooh, I like this, Kenny. Thanks.

I was interested and looked up the word: you're right...'computer' in Spanish can be both!

you know, i think you are right! i'm glad kenny looked it up

A computer is so a woman... It's got a "mother" board, it has "female" connections for "male" connectors (PCI, ISA, AGP slots; memory slots, etc) wheras the accessories would be males (riser cards, memory, disk drives, etc) since you have to plug them in to the motherboard :P...

Kenny--that is one of the best e-mails I have seen in a long time--soo I sent it to myself.

Thanks a lot !!!

ha ha ha ha ha.

yep!!!