is a computer male or female ?

is a computer male or female ?
A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la Casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer'
should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the Feminine gender ('la computadora'), 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 the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories for it!

(THIS GETS BETTER!)

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model!

now how do you think about this ?
F6

Spanish is my native language, in fact, when I read the title I thought of what my post would be "Since My native language is Spanish, computer would be female to me."

Althogh, in Spain they use "computador" is male; in most of Latin America we use "computadora", and it is female. So you're both correct, but I'd rather stick with "computadora".

Tell this to your teacher and say you got it from a forum, lol.

Edit: Actually, people who get really into repairing computer and computer science understand exactly how they work. Most computers no longer work on a binary-based "language". They now use programming languages, Windows is based on C++ and I can understand it (not use it). The females are correct for all of them to a certain extent (computer-wise).

Metawe, YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE IS SPANISH?! >:O
Anyway, I choose "la computadora" as well, since I am taking spanish class. :P
I never used "la casa" in a sentence yet... I use "mi casa" or something. :P

The women's group sound so.... .... uh.... .... -insert-.

i owuld agree with female, because of the reasons in the first post

Shadow wrote:

i owuld agree with female, because of the reasons in the first post

lol you agree to the reasons since they also apply for you ?
F3

yes
thats mainly the reason i chose it

Shadow wrote:

yes
thats mainly the reason i chose it

so you cant think for yourself, and you ARE the problem,...
you ever considered therapy ?
if been to therapy since school ordered me because i lied to much,
since i skipped about 70% of my classes and lied to not get punished
*D
well i didnt help alot i still skip class, but i lie alot less,...