La or Le Computer

[ladyskydiver 0]

A French teacher was explaining to her class that in French, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. "House" is feminine -- "la maison. " "Pencil" is masculine "le crayon."

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 their recommendation.

The men's group decided that "computer" 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 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 longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won.

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

[lawrocket 3]

le ordinateur.

Zut, alors!

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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le ordinateur.

Zut, alors!

L'ordinateur

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[dterrick 0]

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le ordinateur.

l'ordinateur svp. Or better yet, l' @#$@# %$^$67 5656 espece de..."

and another neat little page I once encountered...

http://www.fourmilab.to/francais/gender.html

-Dave

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[Clownburner 0]

Despite all the chiming in from the frogs, I think it's a funny joke.

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"I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth

[lawrocket 3]

And here I thought I'd get away with that one.

My wife is hotter than your wife.