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Other than Russian warships, which are male, warships are female. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 22:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC) | Other than Russian warships, which are male, warships are female. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 22:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC) | ||
:I know that, and I knew that you were going to say that. However, one still writes, "She was a nice ship that was destroyed by a giant gumball being dropped on it (or, I suppose, "her") from a great height," not "She was a nice ship who was destroyed etc.". The "she" is merely a convention of referring to the ship -- it does not make the ship a human being, who, I would say, and I'm sure that the Noble Rheaux will back me up on this, are the *only* entities to merit "who", "whom", etc. Although I suppose that fictional gods and goddesses can get the same treatment. Animals and ships, however, no matter how cuddly and feminine, are "that"s and "which"s. Trust me on this.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 22:55, 27 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Yup, anthropomorphic
Other than Russian warships, which are male, warships are female. Howard C. Berkowitz 22:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- I know that, and I knew that you were going to say that. However, one still writes, "She was a nice ship that was destroyed by a giant gumball being dropped on it (or, I suppose, "her") from a great height," not "She was a nice ship who was destroyed etc.". The "she" is merely a convention of referring to the ship -- it does not make the ship a human being, who, I would say, and I'm sure that the Noble Rheaux will back me up on this, are the *only* entities to merit "who", "whom", etc. Although I suppose that fictional gods and goddesses can get the same treatment. Animals and ships, however, no matter how cuddly and feminine, are "that"s and "which"s. Trust me on this.... Hayford Peirce 22:55, 27 June 2009 (UTC)