*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 o f 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 men'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. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible
>later retrieval; and
>
>4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
>spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
>
>(THIS GETS BETTER!)
>
>The women'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; and
>
>4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a
>little longer, you could have gotten a better model..
>
>The women won.
