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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 paycheque on accessories for it. 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. __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (3) Recent Activity: New Members 1 Visit Your Group .....the forum for free & fair debate, Everyone welcome. Hate Obama's health care plan, tell us! < https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/0H4dpVBYnt8fMx25taz4HPHjzMS3zAzpyUfv85yQLjoNr5hFzk-H8c6lXpVY2sxK1v1uRMItgaQDFA8OMTH-hGPmlACfxHlK6CI3ZK9nuHq7tvilfqzoKQtsEPILYkAt8k1Y56E=s0-d-e1-ft#http://l.yimg.com/ru/static/images/yg/img/email/new_logo/logo-groups-137x15.png > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest * Unsubscribe * Terms of Use . < https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/eA2O19P4BKJIMbzV2RBDSciYvkBdc9yINg0BK0X6q06dCtEHuHt92GSW6Hp6kyBohNWG4fQEJZp5HpVtZ9M_kqX0ndGFPRyOABeXwWSUdr5XpW8oe43apOAHbkuja5k2lnDo65r41alWziOAUlGo6ZTIpfkID8mxhl8=s0-d-e1-ft#http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=23857963/grpspId=1705291755/msgId=100101/stime=1391458671 > __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
