> > A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns,
> > unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as
> > masculine or feminine. Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she
> > described, would have a gender association although in English
> > these words were neutral.
> >
> > Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a
> > computer?"
>
> What's amusing about all this is that depending on what word you use for "computer" in French, the thing is either masculine *or* feminine. Heh.
>
> Wolf "and Computer Science is female" spirit

Same in Spanish, I think.

Nyperold