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06-10-2022 08:17 AM
Why do the hosts keep referring to inanimate objects as "she"? It's super creepy and makes them sound uneducated.
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06-10-2022 08:39 AM
Nothing new - - 'things' have always been called a 'she '.
06-10-2022 08:41 AM
I've always hated that...and I always will. 😏
06-10-2022 08:47 AM - edited 06-10-2022 08:55 AM
Ships have been referred to as "she" for centuries:
Another tradition is to consider ships as female, referring to them as 'she'. Although it may sound strange referring to an inanimate object as 'she', this tradition relates to the idea of a female figure such as a mother or goddess guiding and protecting a ship and crew.
People give their cars and boats names and call them "she."
There's nothing "uneducated" about it at all. Well informed students of nautical history perhaps.
06-10-2022 08:50 AM
The hosts have picked up on the term from some of the "designers", who have used the term for years.
06-10-2022 08:55 AM
All German nouns have a gender - masculine, feminine, or neuter - identified by their accompanying definite article. So, when learning German, you have to learn the gender of each noun.
So, it's unusual but not unheard of to assign gender to inanimate objects.
06-10-2022 09:03 AM
@Johnnyeager wrote:Ships have been referred to as "she" for centuries:
Another tradition is to consider ships as female, referring to them as 'she'. Although it may sound strange referring to an inanimate object as 'she', this tradition relates to the idea of a female figure such as a mother or goddess guiding and protecting a ship and crew.
People give their cars and boats names and call them "she."
There's nothing "uneducated" about it at all. Well informed students of nautical history perhaps.
When QVC starts selling ships, cars, and boats and refers to them as a she I might cut them some slack. But IMHO calling a shirt a she is dumb. 🙄
06-10-2022 09:09 AM - edited 06-10-2022 09:11 AM
I totally agree pupwhipped.
06-10-2022 09:10 AM
I agree that it is sort of stupid, but who really cares? I am sure the hosts are saying that because their producers have told them to say it.
06-10-2022 09:22 AM
@ValuSkr wrote:All German nouns have a gender - masculine, feminine, or neuter - identified by their accompanying definite article. So, when learning German, you have to learn the gender of each noun.
So, it's unusual but not unheard of to assign gender to inanimate objects.
French, Italian and Spanish have the same.
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