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MrDaff

MrDaff Report 10 Dec 2012 11:17

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.

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 10 Dec 2012 11:23

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

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 10 Dec 2012 11:42

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

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

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 10 Dec 2012 15:35

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

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 10 Dec 2012 22:54

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.