Aunty Jabou,
That really cracked me up. Thanks for that fwd.
However, I knew who was going to win with the first statement. The language teacher was a female:)
Once again, thanks.
Ousman Jallow Bojang.
Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:A friend sent this to me.
Have fun!
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A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns,
unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine
or
feminine. "House" in French is feminine: "la maison"; "pencil" in French is
masculine: "le crayon."
One puzzled student asked, What gender is "computer"? The teacher did not
know,
and the word was not in her French dictionary. So, for fun she split the
class
into two groups appropriately enough, by gender, and asked them to decide
whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Both groups
were
required to give four reasons for their recommendation.
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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 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.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
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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
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
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