A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.<\/p>\n
’House’ for instance, is feminine: ’la casa.’
\n’Pencil,’ however, is masculine: ’el lapiz.’<\/p>\n
A student asked, Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, \u00a0\u00a0Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0The men’s group decided that ’computer’should definitely be of the feminine gender 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;<\/p>\n 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;<\/p>\n 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval;\u00a0\u00a0and<\/p>\n 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one,\u00a0you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. \u00a0The women’s group, concluded that computers should be Masculine <\/strong> 2. They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves;<\/p>\n 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem;and<\/p>\n 4. 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\n’What gender is ’computer’?’<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nand asked them to decide for themselves whether computer’ should be a masculine or a feminine noun.<\/p>\n
\n(’la computadora’ ),
\nbecause:<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n(’el computador’) ,
\nbecause:\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;<\/p>\n