Spanish Computer - masculine or feminine?

gurrera

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No slam intended for our
> really good guys (all included), but pretty funny
> nonetheless. Enjoy a chuckle!
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> A Teacher was
> explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English,
> nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
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> 'House' for
> instance, is feminine: 'la Casa.'
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> 'Pencil,'
> however, is masculine: 'el
> lapiz.'
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> A student asked,
> 'What gender is 'computer'?'
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> 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.
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> The men's
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> of the feminine gender ('la computadora'),
> because:
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> 1. No one but
> their creator understands their internal
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> language they use to communicate with other computers is
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> smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for
> possible later retrieval; and
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> 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,
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> ('el computador'), because:
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> anything with them, you have to turn them
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> 2. They have a lot of
> data but still can't think for
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> 3. They are supposed
> to help you solve problems,
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> the time they ARE the problem; and
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> 4. As soon as you
> commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little
> longer, you could have got a better
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> The
> women won.


Gurrera
 
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