General Chat

I wonder if it a language thing.
In many languages words are masculine and feminine.
We do not have it in English but many of our root words come from these languages.

Not only women - but men of the cloth! Often wondered how passenger ships copes with that one.

Mr daff beat me to it..........

because they always seem to need extraordinary amounts of decoration and maintenance to keep them " Shipshape"?

These days it takes more than powder and paint to keep me looking good, Mr. Daff. More like polyfilla I would think :-D

Henry Henrique (1394-1460) " ships were a "she" because "like a woman, they take much powder and paint to keep them looking good" ;-) :-D

Actually, probably down to grammar - in Romance languages, 'ship' was/is always feminine.

Perhaps it makes them feel 'masterful'?.....not domineering just skilful ;-)

The really odd thing about ships being called she is that in the past sailors considered it unlucky to have a woman on board.

MEN :-S :-S ;-)

Thanks Rachel...interesting :-)


Naughty Stephen ;-)

Our cars are both male and femail depending on how we see them, currently my wifes C-Max is male "maxey" my Renualt is "Lucy" because the parcel shelf has loose elastic. They have to be both otherwise where would little cars come from?;-)

Mayfield

Hi, It's Rachel from Genes support- I'm just doing some testing but thought i'd add to your thread as I might know the answer! I remember a friend telling me this is because of the association with vessels (big empty spaces carrying people) and the womb....not 100% sure though. Have a lovely day everyone x

But I never refer to my car as 'she' or even 'he'. It's 'the car'.

Ooooops


Thread killer :-(

I got lost in the midlands.....I had no idea where I was

..so, like a numpty, stopped at a truck stop


...ended in me getting into a wagon. It took some, to climb those steps, in my heels!


.....the office went mad, later :-0

Rose.....that is something one of my boys said



.....and I love

women always ask the way if they get lost



TRUE ;-)

Probably right, Rose. They always had these figureheads on ships. And cars had badges that were often female.

I think it might be "sugar and spice and all things nice". We are fond of our boats and planes and cars, and girls are sweet and lovely and carry no mallets. And both sexes call their cars "she". Brigitte and Angelina for the men, Poppy and Daisy for the ladies.

Mine is Bluebell - showing my feminine side perhaps :-) ;-)

Which is frequently :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

George :-) :-) :-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Not definitive but one explanation

SHIPS AS 'SHE' - "Many people wonder why a ship is referred to as a 'she.' The explanation is that it was customary in early days to dedicate a ship to a goddess, under whose protection she sailed. The ship carried the diety's carved image on her bow not as a decoration, as later generations imagined but as an aid to finding the way."

( women always ask the way if they get lost ) ;-)

I have researched....nothing that, convinces me

Oh you ....@#@#


I already knew that!


But....really, why??

x

Men can only pretend to understand them.