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Re: geography and English

Posted By: aolfreak123, on host 69.138.229.246
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 12:16:23
In Reply To: geography posted by Howard on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 11:03:12:

> She is the 50,000 ton Norweign Wind...

Typically nouns don't have gender in English, yet large ships are refered to as 'she' rather than 'it'. Anyone know why?

aolfreak "I'm on my lunch break, if anyone's wondering why I'm posting at this hour" 123

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Re: geography and English - MistyCat - Thu, 12/15/2005, 06:58:27
Re: geography and English - Kelly - Tue, 12/13/2005, 13:43:44
- Re: geography and English - Howard - Tue, 12/13/2005, 19:01:47
  - Re: geography and English - aolfreak123 - Tue, 12/13/2005, 20:00:09
    - Re: geography and English - Howard - Wed, 12/14/2005, 12:49:18

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