I am in the middle of writing my next V&V post, which led me to search for some information that I knew was on my previous Blog. Whilst browsing around I found this and couldn’t resist re-posting it, complete with original photo
I am sure this will be controversial but it made me laugh
You might not have known this, but a lot of inanimate objects are actually either male or female.
Here are some examples:-FREEZER BAGS:
They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.PHOTOCOPIERS:
These are female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong buttons.TYRES:
Tyres are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated.HOT AIR BALLOONS:
Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under their arse.SPONGES:
These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.WEB PAGES:
Female, because they’re constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on.TRAINS:
Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.EGG TIMERS:
Egg timers are female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.HAMMERS:
Male, because in the last 5000 years, they’ve hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.THE REMOTE CONTROL:
Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he’d be lost without it, and while he doesn’t always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.
Haha good one!
It made me smile again when I found it
All very good. I liked it.
I’ve just been reading about ‘gender’ (it’s all over the news at the moment), and most English words do not indicate any, but I wonder what those words above are in, say, French? La remote control?
I’m afraid I don’t know the French or German so can’t investigate.
I see Claude has come in to explain the French version to us perfectly
These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.
There is actually a male version of that one, Cherie.
I am not going to ask you to elaborate
ha ha
have you been at the sherry again?
I am not sure whether you mean me or James…
Me I NEVER touch the stuff!
PS: You need to click on the link
The only French words, on that list, are: remote control = la télécommande // sponge= une éponge
Everything else is male : Un sac de congélation // Un photocopieur // Un pneu // Un ballon à air chaud // Un site web // Un train // Un sablier // Un marteau.
But we say : la congélation // la photocopie // une auto // la mongolfière // and for train station: la gare.
It shows that females always manage to enter, by the side door, in all the male sites.
À votre santé!
Excellent Claude,
“la télécommande”. The very word I was looking for.
Vive la difference!
Thanks for the translations and the grammatical nuances
Your comments made me smile even more than the original post
Seen these before but still make me chuckle.
When I found them, I just had to post them again
Ha ha….
Thank God, gender nouns in English are not as complicated as those in French.
So I can conclude that English is male and French is female?!
English is male and French is female?
The jury is out
This was a fun post, Cherie. And your photo is excellent.
Of course I meant: the only French female words.
Thanks Claude, I am glad you enjoyed it
I knew you meant only French female words
I love your words, thank you The added a lot to my post.
I think I’ve seen this before…but reading the list again reminded me how funny it is. Especially love the last one – the female remote control (so true)!!! Thanks for this…nothing like a good laugh to start the day!
It made me laugh again when I found it. I just couldn’t resist re-posting it
Bloody hell that photo got my attention! Have you been trained in hypnotism by any chance? That is quite a transfixing gaze that manages to induce terror, fascination, appeal and humour all in the one moment. I haven’t even managed to read the post yet. Please release me from your gaze for I am fearful of what may be your command
I haven’t been trained in hypnotism, but on more than one occasion I have been told to put my eyes away… I had no idea I was that scary!!
But there again I did post this a while back…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/-cherrypie-/2480183123/
Those are very funny – Gender is one of the things I could never fathom about trying to learn German and Spanish – my German prof in college said he’d never had someone who made all the classes fail all the tests….sad but true…
Enjoyed your definition of the word spicy – glad you got out without being bird skewered! T.
I only learned French and I found the use of gender quite cute. It might just have been the way the teacher presented it to me
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