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Følgende
ramlet inn å
skrivebordet en vakker
dag uten at vi klarte å
å oppspore de
nærliggende golfmessige
sider ved saken. Nå
bruker vi mye computere
i golfverdenen - ikke
minst på Internett -
så da så!
A language instructor
was explaining to her
class that in French,
nouns
are grammatically
designated as masculine
or feminine. House,"
in French, is
feminine -
"la maison."
Pencil," in French,
is masculine -"le
crayon."
One
puzzled student asked,
"What gender is
'computer'?"
The
teacher did not know,
and the word wasn't in
her (older) French
dictionary. So
for fun she split the
class into two groups
appropriately
enough, by gender
and asked them to decide
whether
"computer"
should be a
masculine or
feminine noun. Both
groups were required to
give four reasons
for their
recommendation.
The
men's group decided that
computers should
definitely be of the
feminine gender
("la
computer"), 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 pay
check on accessories for
it.
The
women's group, however,
concluded that computers
should be masculine
("le
computer"), because:
1.
In order to get their
attention, you have to
turn them on;
2.
They have a lot of data
but they are still
clueless;
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'd waited a
little longer,
you could have gotten a
better model.
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