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Re: [LOL] about male's behaviour on IRC



I have the impression this thread is going down a dangerous path...

2010/9/1 Llanos <llanosnunez@gmail.com>:
> 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..
>
>
>         The women won.
>
> On 28 August 2010 16:04, Francesca Ciceri <madamezou@yahoo.it> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I couldn't resist: it made me laugh so much...!
>>
>> http://xkcd.com/322/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Francesca
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Llanos
>


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