le computer, la computer?

>

> > Subject: French Class

> >

> > A French teacher was explaining to her class that in

> > French, unlike English,

> > nouns are designated as either masculine or

> > feminine.

> >

> > "House" for instance, is feminine-"la maison."

> > "Pencil", however, is

> > masculine-"le crayon."

> >

> > 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 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 paycheck on accessories for it.

> >

> > (No chuckling guys... this gets better!!!)

> >

> > 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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