To: finnsheep
We have some gendered words, for example ships are referred to as “she” and “her”. But there are not many.
85 posted on
02/10/2015 7:36:41 AM PST by
Lorianne
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To: Lorianne
Equally gramatically valid in English is to refer to a ship as “it.” I’ve never heard of any inanimate thing referred to in English as a “he” however. It would seem that “she” is preserved as an honorific.
94 posted on
02/10/2015 8:01:12 AM PST by
HiTech RedNeck
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