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 pay check 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.
The women won!
Ehh something cuz made me read (required quite a lot r-ding)
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Re: Ehh something cuz made me read (required quite a lot r-ding)
feminist?
if u put men at last they win it just win the last who made an argument...
if u put men at last they win it just win the last who made an argument...
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LaloHao wrote:feminist?
if u put men at last they win it just win the last who made an argument...
yeah, i get what your talking about the one who gets the last argument wins, but i kinda get more the of girls side and less on the guys side

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so for those people without gf's and play games all day. now have a girl xD





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Inuyasha584 wrote:so for those people without gf's and play games all day. now have a girl xD
not me
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Inuyasha584 wrote:so for those people without gf's and play games all day. now have a girl xD
all day is just going overboard

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Lol, that's funny.
The females won though because the word is masculine, isn't it?
[EDIT:] Wrote feminine by mistake.
The females won though because the word is masculine, isn't it?
[EDIT:] Wrote feminine by mistake.
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They won because it was grammatically correct.. It's masculine
Not because of the arguments which are typical
Not because of the arguments which are typical
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Well if you're gonna get technical here, they're both correct so this thread fails.
"El ordenador" is what you call a computer in Spain, "la computadora" is what you call it in the rest of the spanish speaking countries.
And both are right; "el PC", "la PC".
"El ordenador" is what you call a computer in Spain, "la computadora" is what you call it in the rest of the spanish speaking countries.
And both are right; "el PC", "la PC".
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Re: Ehh something cuz made me read (required quite a lot r-ding)
emperor3000 wrote: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;
I loled

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