ЁЯШОA 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 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;ЁЯШВЁЯШВ
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;ЁЯШЬЁЯШЬ
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval;
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and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it.
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(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 onЁЯШЭ
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;ЁЯШД
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem;ЁЯШЬ
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.
ЁЯШЬЁЯШЬЁЯШЬЁЯШЭЁЯШЭЁЯШЭЁЯШЭЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВ
The women wonЁЯШЬ
"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 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;ЁЯШВЁЯШВ
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;ЁЯШЬЁЯШЬ
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval;
ЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВ
and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it.
ЁЯШЬЁЯШЬЁЯШЬ
(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 onЁЯШЭ
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;ЁЯШД
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem;ЁЯШЬ
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.
ЁЯШЬЁЯШЬЁЯШЬЁЯШЭЁЯШЭЁЯШЭЁЯШЭЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВ
The women wonЁЯШЬ
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