Gender-specific pronoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A language has 'gender-specific pronouns' when personal pronouns have different forms according to the gender of their referents. The English language has three gender-specific pronouns in the 3rd. pe...
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Would the objection of use of gender have been raised in the first place had ships been traditianlly referred to as "he"? I personally think not. :Dainamo march 15, 2004...
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Connie asks: I am trying to find out why boats are always referred to as the female gender.. When and why did this practice start? ... According to Yarns of the Sea, Legends, Myths, and Superstitions: Although women were considered to bring bad luck at sea, mariners always use the pronoun "she" when referring to their ships.
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This is a custom used mainly in English dominated countries. In France, for example the ships were male gender. When construction of the Normandie was completed to the point of naming the ship, many didn't want to name it "Normandie"...
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Date: Fri Aug 6 10:29:07 1999; Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin; Area of science: Science History; ID: 932220973.Sh ... There is a one-word answer to your question: tradition! Nobody really knows the origin of this English usage, though I'm sure there are some ... In German, "der Schiff" is masculine and a ship is "he";
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Yes, ships were referred to as "she" and there was often a carved figurehead of a fair maiden on the stem which was thought to calm storms at sea, but other than a few female pirates, sailing in those days was strictly an all-male activity.
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Some say during the early days of sailing every ship was always dedicated to some goddess, and as a result the ship was referred to as "she". Another theory is that the crew always thought the ship represented their mother and as a result treated it with a great deal of respect.
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www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/edu/2002/06/25/stories/2002...
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The shipping industry newspaper, Lloyd's List, now officially refers to ships as "it." So much for the romance of the open sea. ... Where is the Sargasso Sea? Do ships really disappear there?
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