Wiregrass Seniors Magazine September 2018 SEPTEMBER ISSUE(1) | 页面 7

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Gender of Computers
A 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 boy'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.
2 The native language they use
to communicate with other computers is
incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Every mistake is stored in long term memory for
verbatum retrival at any later date.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you
find yourself spending a fortune on accessories for it.
The girls'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 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 had
waited a little while, you could
have gotten a newer model with more memory
that lobeys voice commands.
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