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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/6/2006 4:13:06 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Finnish is doesn't have he/she difference either...same language group than Hungarian.

BTW, when Bismarck sailed first time her captain said they should call her male since nothing as powerful cannot be woman... Well, we know how that maiden voyage ended...


Apparently, he didn't know much about women...


100% agreed. Seek my woman for evidence of this

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/6/2006 4:24:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Kinda reminds me of that sci-fi movie Species...:

Quote from movie:

Xavier Fitch: We decided to make it female so it would be more docile and controllable.
Preston Lennox: More docile and controllable, eh? You guys don't get out much.



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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/6/2006 4:31:35 PM   
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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/6/2006 8:06:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's exactly what I have always understood about why we refer to a ship as a SHE,
In English we don't generally have masculine and feminine nouns as some languages do. But a ship is called "she" because of sailors affection for her...not because of language structure.

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Here's the traditional answer...

WHY IS A SHIP CALLED "SHE"?


A ship is called "she" because,

There is always a great deal of bustle around her;

There is usually a gang of men around her;

She has a waist and stays;

Her rigging cost's more than her hull;

It takes a lot of paint to keep her looking good;

It is not the initial expense that breaks you,

It’s the upkeep;

She can be all decked out;

It takes an experienced man to handle her correctly;

And without a man at the helm,

She is absolutely uncontrollable;

She has her topsides, hides her bottom and,

When coming into port,

She always heads for the buoys.





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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/6/2006 8:07:29 PM   
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I seem to recall: In English, we refer to our own ship as "she", but an active enemy ship as "he".

"He's turning to port. Reset the TDC..."

Am I correct?

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/6/2006 8:17:06 PM   
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ORIGINAL: mlees

Maybe I am wrong.

I seem to recall: In English, we refer to our own ship as "she", but an active enemy ship as "he".

"He's turning to port. Reset the TDC..."

Am I correct?



Not sure who the "he" refers to here - the ship or the enemy skipper. i had always assumed it was the latter.

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/7/2006 4:08:48 PM   
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In Polish always HE.


not that always. what about landing barge? corvette? gunboat? frigate? she's a lady.

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/7/2006 4:30:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		But ship is HE. Craft is HE, Barge is SHE.

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/7/2006 4:30:42 PM   
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< Message edited by Monter_Trismegistos -- 7/7/2006 4:31:21 PM >

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/7/2006 4:37:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		In Romanian the generic name it's a she (nava/nave). The various ship classes can be feminine (fregata/fregate) or neuter - masculine for singular, feminine for plural (distrugator/distrugatoare).

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RE: WHAT SEX IS YOUR SHIP? - 7/7/2006 11:53:54 PM   
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In English we don't generally have masculine and feminine nouns as some languages do. But a ship is called "she" because of sailors affection for her...not because of language structure. 
 


Perhaps there's a certain ambiguity for some in the original question; no doubt most pronounced for those who's native language is not English.  I know that the word for ship, cruiser, destroyer and so forth are, in some languages, denoted as masculine, feminine or neuter noun which in some cases (like french for instance I hope) causes a modification of adjective words or spellings (belle or beau, petit or petite as for instances in French).  That's not really the question though.

My last ship was the USCGC BIBB.  She was a battered old girl but wise to the ways of the sea.
One's ship is customarily given a personality in English and that personality is the personality of a woman.  So humor me all you non-English speakers out there and answer the following questions:

1) Would you as a sailor on a ship of your country (customarily) impart some kind of personality to YOUR ship at all?
2) If so, would that personality be the personality of a woman or a man?

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