mandy
06-06-2008, 02:10 PM
A spanish teacher was explaining to her evening class that in Spanish unlike English, nouns are designated masculine and feminine, example
House is feminine "La Casa"
Pencil is masculine "El Lapiz"
A student asks what gender is a computer ?
Instead of giving the answer the teacher divided the class in two, men's group and the women's to let them figure out the answer. Each group had to give 4 reasons for it's recommendation.
The men decided that the computer was feminine "La Computadora"
1. No one but it's inventor could understand there internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even small mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible retrieval.
4. As soon as you commit to one you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
The women's group decided that the computer was masculine "El Computador"
1. In order to do anything with it you first have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves.
3. They are suppose to help solve problems but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one you realise that had you waited a little longer you could have gotten a better model.
The women won.
House is feminine "La Casa"
Pencil is masculine "El Lapiz"
A student asks what gender is a computer ?
Instead of giving the answer the teacher divided the class in two, men's group and the women's to let them figure out the answer. Each group had to give 4 reasons for it's recommendation.
The men decided that the computer was feminine "La Computadora"
1. No one but it's inventor could understand there internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even small mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible retrieval.
4. As soon as you commit to one you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
The women's group decided that the computer was masculine "El Computador"
1. In order to do anything with it you first have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves.
3. They are suppose to help solve problems but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one you realise that had you waited a little longer you could have gotten a better model.
The women won.