Male or Female?
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Just had an argument with the wife which I would value your help in sorting. All prompted by me telling her (the wife) that I was taking her (the TVR) for a quick blat around the countryside. She said that I must mean 'him' (the TVR).
For some reason, the wife has started to assume that the TVR is a man. This is surely all wrong. It would sound incorrect for me to 'get inside a man, turn him on, and run him ragged for half an hour'? And all this talk of knobs...
Surely this beautiful creature is a female (the TVR, not the wife.)?
PS - sorry to lower the tone of the forum...
For some reason, the wife has started to assume that the TVR is a man. This is surely all wrong. It would sound incorrect for me to 'get inside a man, turn him on, and run him ragged for half an hour'? And all this talk of knobs...
Surely this beautiful creature is a female (the TVR, not the wife.)?
PS - sorry to lower the tone of the forum...
James
I understand your thinking behind the 'her' analogy but for me, if a TVR is a woman, then she's Martina Navratilova or Fatima Whitbread, ie she may be feminine but you wouldn't want to mess with it on a dark night.
If talk of twiddling knobs and referring to the TVR as a man makes you come across all homophobic then refer to the car as 'it' (androgenous)
As I speak, I'm just going to put 'Michael Jackson' in the garage for the night
I understand your thinking behind the 'her' analogy but for me, if a TVR is a woman, then she's Martina Navratilova or Fatima Whitbread, ie she may be feminine but you wouldn't want to mess with it on a dark night.
If talk of twiddling knobs and referring to the TVR as a man makes you come across all homophobic then refer to the car as 'it' (androgenous)
As I speak, I'm just going to put 'Michael Jackson' in the garage for the night
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Have to agree with you there buddy...
They've gotta be female.... they don't respond well unless you treat them right, they cost a fortune to maintain and make a lotta noise when you really go at it hard!
And well, they just are female, aren't they....
Well when all the double entendres are done and dusted I have to disagree ... my missus has a purple MFG and that's a female make no mistake ...
>> Edited by MikeyT on Wednesday 10th April 08:26
My girlie [partner] seems to believe that the Chimaera is a male, and insists on calling 'him' Trevor [original, huh?]
For me, my car's my baby and probably genderless … umm, go me thinking
[and it’s far too early for that as I’ve only had two cups of coffee so far!!!] what would Freud say about all of this 
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For me, my car's my baby and probably genderless … umm, go me thinking
[and it’s far too early for that as I’ve only had two cups of coffee so far!!!] what would Freud say about all of this ? Well the Chimaera in mythological Greece was (as we all know)part lion part goat and part serpent that breathed fire.
Now you single chaps out there may think yours is a male, us married guys however have come across this kind of animal before for real when we met certain ladies families - for us the Chimaera is most likely to be a female.
BTW and obviously completly unrelated, my Mother-in-Law is a great lady
Now you single chaps out there may think yours is a male, us married guys however have come across this kind of animal before for real when we met certain ladies families - for us the Chimaera is most likely to be a female.
BTW and obviously completly unrelated, my Mother-in-Law is a great lady
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Isn't it as simple as - all machinery is referred to as her?
As in "God bless all who sail in HER" before the champagne hit the side of her.
Cheers....... Andrew
Scotsman, 21st March
Why our ships are no longer shes
Tara Womersley
LLOYD’S List, one of the world’s oldest newspapers and the bible of the maritime industry, is to stop referring to a ship as "she" in favour of the more politically correct "it".
For the first time in its 268-year history, Lloyd’s List will no longer give ships a feminine form, believing that the shipping industry needs to move forward to avoid becoming "a backwater of international business" and will start using "it" from next month, although certain respected columnists have been granted permission to continue using "she" if they wish.
Julian Bray, the editor of Lloyd’s List, said: "The long and the short of it was we were having a review of style and had looked at the use of ‘she’ in the past and people did not think it was necessary. In collusion with colleagues, we decided it was time to move on, as it is standard in business press to refer to ships with the neuter pronoun.
"We are not trying to undermine traditions, but it is about the clarity of writing. We thought ships should be referred to as ‘it’, just as buildings and ports are."
Mr Bray, 38, who has been the paper’s editor for two years said, however, that he was expecting a "full and vibrant array of letters" from many of his 10,500 daily readers around the world.
Pieter van der Merwe, of the Greenwich Maritime Museum, said the decision to use "it" could "destroy the language" of a specialist area. "Political correctness should be resisted at every turn, in my view," he said. "We will continue to refer to ships as ‘she’ here."
A navy spokesman said: "Lloyd’s List can do what they want, the Royal Navy will continue to call its ships ‘she’. Ships have a soul. They are female because originally the ship was the only woman allowed at sea and was treated with deference and respect.
My Chimaera is most certainly a 'she'. Colour is Ruby Mica Red, and so nicknamed 'Ruby' (we all have names for them - admit it!)
She has smooth, sleek curves, and can switch moods at any moment, often without warning. She likes to be taken care of, but also likes a good (fill in the blank). Expensive to run, likes to be spoiled but when looked after properly, brings a smile to your face and treats you well. She is both
at the same time.
I think the lads here will agree
She has smooth, sleek curves, and can switch moods at any moment, often without warning. She likes to be taken care of, but also likes a good (fill in the blank). Expensive to run, likes to be spoiled but when looked after properly, brings a smile to your face and treats you well. She is both
at the same time. I think the lads here will agree
According to www.theoi.com in greek mythology Chimaera was a female, but Cerberus (Cerbera) was a he.
So that settles it then.
Lee
So that settles it then.
Lee
Someone ask for a psychologist? Professional opinion is I haven't a clue about it to be honest. I wonder if its generally a military thing; know a couple of RAF guys who refer to planes as 'she'. Can't be just about complex machinery as you'd expect all steam trains to be she too and I seem to remember quite a few weren't..
As a would be TVR owner, the question arises how far the she comparison goes.. If my would be purchase will wait patiently until I am completely besotted then bugger off with someone else then I'll stick to my Saab..
Sad, bitter, twisted? Who me??
As a would be TVR owner, the question arises how far the she comparison goes.. If my would be purchase will wait patiently until I am completely besotted then bugger off with someone else then I'll stick to my Saab..
Sad, bitter, twisted? Who me??
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