What Gender isComputer ?

What Gender isComputer ?

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 decidefor 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.

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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.

>>>>>>>>Women won >>>>>>>>>>