[ SHOWGSD-L ] Spanish lesson vs computers

From: "Susan Madlung" <stormygsd@xxxxxxx>
To: "ShowGSD-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:10:03 -0700
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.'  

So, 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  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. 


 
 

 
 
 

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