computer gender - votes accepted

hensylee · Dec 7, 2005

Are Computers Masculine or Feminine?

A French Teacher was explaining to her class that in French, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. E.g. ?house? is feminine ? ?la maison?, ?Pencil? is masculine ? ?le crayon?. A student asked, ?what gender is ?computer?? Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into 2 groups ?male and female and asked them to decide for themselves whether ?computer? should be a masculine or feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for the recommendations.
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 immediate 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 (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.
The women won.

Blanche · Dec 8, 2005

Ann:
I read this very carefully several times. Seems to me that all eight responses apply to computers, so I can't vote either male or famale. Is there a bisexual category? (giggle, giggle)
Blanche

Granbonny · Dec 8, 2005

My computer is like my Hubby..Male..I have to re-boot him several times a day..to keep him going...

Bonnie

Wise · Dec 8, 2005

Granbonny said:
My computer is like my Hubby..Male..I have to re-boot him several times a day..to keep him going... Bonnie

Bonny, now I know what it is that my wife has to do everyday...re-boot me. I guess my vote is...computer is male.

Wise

gadgetman · Dec 9, 2005

Definitely female.

Just as things are starting to get warmed up, IT suddenly powers down for no obvious reason.

Was it something I thought????

You know THEY can read minds. Must have hit that "SHUT DOWN" switch by mistake.

Did I hit the WRONG key????

Puts a whole new meaning to "let your fingers do the walking"!!!!!

Can computers have headaches?????

May God Bless,

Danny

JimL · Dec 9, 2005

You may not know this but many non-living things have a gender.
1) Ziploc Bags are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.
2) Copiers are Female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. It?s an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.
3) A Tire is Male, because it goes bald and it?s often over-inflated.
4) A Hot Air Balloon is Male, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it, and of course, there?s the hot air part.
5) Sponges are Female, because they?re soft, squeezable, and retain water.
6) A Web Page is Female, because it?s always getting hit on.
7) A Subway is Male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.
8) An Hourglass is Female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.
9) A Hammer is Male, because it hasn?t changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it?s handy to have around.
10) A Remote Control is Female. Ha! You thought it?d be male didn't you? But consider this?it gives a man pleasure, he?d be lost without it, and while he doesn?t always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying!