TonyB wrote:
>
> >Never thought of it as female gender. It?
>
> Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live sketch in which these two guys are
> talking about their wives and their ships?:
>
> -So, how's your wife?
> --It's fine.
> -And how's your daughter?
> --It's doing great. It's birthday is coming up.
> -That's nice. Congratulations.
> --Thanks. Hey, I got a new boat.
> -Really? What's she like?
> --She's a real beauty.
>
> Notice the gender thing going on there? :)
Ships are female in german, too.
Programs have a neutral gender.
Always.
Marc
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Marc Schimmler
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