Re: FRI Computers in Spanish
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Sun Mar 12 20:04:41 2006
It is "La Matrice", not el utero. You got an American doing your
translating.
Dan
On 3/11/06, Anna Meenan, MD <annam@uic.edu> wrote:
>
> Speaking of masculine v. feminine nouns, perhaps you or Ef could answer
> a question I posed to my translator in prenatal clinic the other day:
> El utero? (as opposed to la utera?) How can uterus, of all things, be a
> MASCULINE noun? No comprendo.
>
> Ana Meenan, MD
>
> At Sat, 11 Mar 2006, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >Maybe an oldie, but still muy bueno.
> >
> >Pepe
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >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 paycheck on accessories for it.
> >
> >(THIS GETS BETTER!)
> >
> >l
> >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
> littl
> >longer, you could have gotten a better model.
> >
> >The women won.
>
--
R. Daniel Braun
"The way to health is an aromatic bath and scented massage everyday"..
Hippocrates
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