A Friend sent this to me. With a slight change added.
So is your Roadster le or la (with reasons)
A language instructor was explaining to her class that
French nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically
designated as masculine or
feminine. For example: "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
wasn't 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 feminine noun. Both
groups were required to
give four reasons for their recommendation.
The men's group decided that computers should definitely be of the feminine
gender ("la computer"),
because: 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic. 2.
The native language they use
to communicate with others 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 paycheque on accessories for it.
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'd waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
The women won.
C'est Vrai
Pamela Bauman
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