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 ,
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.
sad ja jesam kopi pejstao.. owna nas decke ali kul je :dancing:
