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對英文稍微有研究的人應該知道，英文字也有性別之分的。
例如
house -- female
pencil -- male

那 computer 是男的還是女的咧？
有位老師把學生分成男女兩組討論出了以下的結果...

The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora"),
because: 
男生組認為，電腦絕對是女性！因為...

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic; 
除了造物主以外，沒人能理解她們腦袋裡的邏輯。

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else; 
女人和女人之間彼此溝通的語言是旁人都無法理解的。

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and 
就算是最芝麻蒜皮的小錯，她們也會牢牢的記住，等待以後有機會的時候翻舊帳。　還有就是...

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
每次當你身邊有了位固定的女伴，你就會發現你的薪水有一半都被她拿去買她的＂必需品＂。

那麼...　女生組的又是怎麼想的咧？

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ("el computador"),
because: 
女生組認為電腦絕對是男的！因為...

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on; 
每次需要做什麼事情的時候都得自己主動去叫他。

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves; 
他們的腦袋裡裝了很多的事情，但是他們就是不懂得為他們自己著想。

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and 
他們原本的目標是要協助妳一起解決問題，但大部分的時間，他們自己就是問題本身。

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
每次當你身邊有了位固定的男伴，你總會發現，如果當初你再多等一點點的時間，你通常能找到一個更好的！

討論的結果...
女生組獲勝。
所以電腦是男的。

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