In most European languages, all nouns have gender: male or female (or
even neuter in German!). If English nouns had gender, here are some of
them:
ZIPLOC BAGS - male, because they hold everything in, but you can always
see right through them.
SWISS ARMY KNIFE - male, because even though it appears useful for a
wide variety of work, it spends most of its time just opening bottles.
SHOE - male, because it is usually unpolished, with its tongue hanging
out.
COPIER - female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm up,
because it is an effective reproductive device when the right buttons
are
pushed. because it can wreak havoc when the wrong buttons are pushed.
TIRE - male, because it goes bald and often is over inflated.
HOT AIR BALLOON - male, because to get it to go anywhere you have to
light a fire under it ... and, of course, there's the hot air part.
SPONGES - female, because they are soft and squeezable and retain
water.
WEB PAGE - female, because it is always getting hit on.
SUBWAY - male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.
HOURGLASS - female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.
HAMMER - male, because it hasn't evolved much in the last 5,000 years,
but it's handy to have around.
REMOTE CONTROL - female (Ha! You thought it was male!) But consider:
It gives men pleasure, they'd be lost without it, and while they don't
always know the right buttons to push, men keep on trying.
even neuter in German!). If English nouns had gender, here are some of
them:
ZIPLOC BAGS - male, because they hold everything in, but you can always
see right through them.
SWISS ARMY KNIFE - male, because even though it appears useful for a
wide variety of work, it spends most of its time just opening bottles.
SHOE - male, because it is usually unpolished, with its tongue hanging
out.
COPIER - female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm up,
because it is an effective reproductive device when the right buttons
are
pushed. because it can wreak havoc when the wrong buttons are pushed.
TIRE - male, because it goes bald and often is over inflated.
HOT AIR BALLOON - male, because to get it to go anywhere you have to
light a fire under it ... and, of course, there's the hot air part.
SPONGES - female, because they are soft and squeezable and retain
water.
WEB PAGE - female, because it is always getting hit on.
SUBWAY - male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.
HOURGLASS - female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.
HAMMER - male, because it hasn't evolved much in the last 5,000 years,
but it's handy to have around.
REMOTE CONTROL - female (Ha! You thought it was male!) But consider:
It gives men pleasure, they'd be lost without it, and while they don't
always know the right buttons to push, men keep on trying.