How come we don't call other things airplanes 'he' or restaurants 'she?'
2006-09-03 05:32:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
ships are called she because they are full of sea men.get it?..semen..yuk-yuk.
2006-09-03 05:36:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Coz the captain's a "he", so it would be gross if his beloved partner's (the ship, of course) a "he" too.
And how do I know that the ship is the captain's (preferrable male) beloved partner?
Coz they usually say: "The captain sinks with the ship"
But I guess THAT only happens in movies, coz if I'm captain and me ship's sinkin', then I frickin' don't care!!! I'll just jump off the ship! Who cares for that piece of metal junk anyway!! It's barely human!!!
Where was I?
2006-09-03 05:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by YA!!! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gender designations are typically applied to things that seem to have personalities. Male or female seems to be a matter of custom. For example, Russian ships are referred to as 'he'...
2006-09-03 05:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by Like An Ibis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when coming into port, a ship always heads for the buoys!
2006-09-03 05:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not quite sure on this one. I think it orrigionated from another language besides English because we don't give objects gender. The French and Spanish do. Like El (he) and (La) she. Which is why I dislike other languages...XD
2006-09-03 05:37:34 · answer #5 · answered by Sirius Black 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it refers to beauty or how they view a ship with big engines, expensive parts, and machinery
i dont know, figure it out yourself
2006-09-03 05:39:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋