Ok, so this is old and you may have seen it before, but what the hay...
In English comp. 1, My teacher made us go through all the owlet tutorial things. While going through I was looking at the random English hoopla and noticed that they had a link for Gender...and I thought oh how very strange...is there a something called gender I don't know about? I knew about gender in la clase de espanol, but in English class?!? Well, I clicked on the link, like I had every other link because I am on of those people... and this is what came up.
Gender
Okay, this is for all of you who either click on every glossary link just because it's there or because you're wondering why in the world we'd make a glossary entry for gender. After all, you're in college--you know what gender is.
So . . . to reward you for your efforts, you get to read a joke.
An English teacher was explaining to his students the concept of gender association in the English language. He noted how hurricanes at one time were given only female names, and how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she."
One of the students raised her hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?" The teacher wasn't certain. So he divided the class into two groups: males in one, females in the other, and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendations.
The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to as masculine because:
1. In order to get them to function, you have to hit all the right buttons.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time, they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to as feminine because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it.
Now laugh out loud so that people around you will wonder why you find English grammar so amusing.
Good. That's enough. Now get back to work.
Click to close this window.
Well, that was a nice break from English and I thought it was funny...Hope you enjoyed it too.
In English comp. 1, My teacher made us go through all the owlet tutorial things. While going through I was looking at the random English hoopla and noticed that they had a link for Gender...and I thought oh how very strange...is there a something called gender I don't know about? I knew about gender in la clase de espanol, but in English class?!? Well, I clicked on the link, like I had every other link because I am on of those people... and this is what came up.
Gender
Okay, this is for all of you who either click on every glossary link just because it's there or because you're wondering why in the world we'd make a glossary entry for gender. After all, you're in college--you know what gender is.
So . . . to reward you for your efforts, you get to read a joke.
An English teacher was explaining to his students the concept of gender association in the English language. He noted how hurricanes at one time were given only female names, and how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she."
One of the students raised her hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?" The teacher wasn't certain. So he divided the class into two groups: males in one, females in the other, and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendations.
The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to as masculine because:
1. In order to get them to function, you have to hit all the right buttons.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time, they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to as feminine because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it.
Now laugh out loud so that people around you will wonder why you find English grammar so amusing.
Good. That's enough. Now get back to work.
Click to close this window.
Well, that was a nice break from English and I thought it was funny...Hope you enjoyed it too.
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