The 'she' confused me as well.

Both ship and program are masculine in french.





> 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
>
> --
> Marc Schimmler

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