Every pronoun must go

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Call no ship “she.”

“The Scottish Maritime Museum, dedicated to the history of the country’s shipbuilding industry, has decided that it will no longer use the words she and her to refer to ships, but rather it and its . This is in response to feminists, who have defaced plaques referring to ships as she or her . This change would negate centuries of tradition, during which the words traditionally used on launching a ship, “May God bless all who sail in her,” carried no connotation of insult or de precation—rather the reverse.”

 
This is the same kind of “re-imagining” of history that the old Soviet Communists used to impose.

Yuck!

What next? Doing away with politically incorrect statues right here in the USA?
 
In Latin they will always be feminine. In fact they are on some flags.
 
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I didn’t read anything about any arrests. The story says vandalism was involved. It’s the same when in the US when these radical criminals vandalize statues. I never here about arrests. These radicals can vandalize, harass law abiding citizens, block traffic, threaten people, create all kinds of disorderly conduct and disturb the peace and mostly get away with it.
 
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The Scottish Maritime Museum? Should we boycott?
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Does it matter?

A ship is a thing, not a person.

A car, “it”.
A book, “it”.
A water fountain “it”.
A banana “it”.
A ship “she”.

In English gender pronouns refer to people.

In Italian a ship is “la nave”. Feminine.

But you don’t refer to it as “lei”.

And actually it’s “il Titanic”. masculine. Not “La Titanic”.
 
Yes, the Latin Languages and others. Spanish has el, “el hombre”, “los hombres”, the men.

And the words at times, can be male or female, say “skinny”, el flaco, la flaca.

Yo lo tengo, yo la tengo.

This will be insurmountable to change.
 
7_Sorrows said:
Aren’t wisdom and justice both referred to as she?
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Iustitia was the goddess of justice in Greek mythology. But Sophia (wisdom) is still considered a feminine name. As mentioned their endings in latin languages are feminine.
 
Victoria33 said:
This will be insurmountable to change.
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I don’t know about that. In much older English words had markings of gender. They’ve only been retained on pronouns and a few other words. But most of our other nouns are considered genderless.
 
I am so tired of this nonsense. These women are sad and pathetic.
 
This is the same kind of “re-imagining” of history that the old Soviet Communists used to impose.
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How is it a “re-imagining of history?” They’re not pretending that people didn’t call boats “she” in the past, just not referring to them as “she” now. It seems to me like a small and pointless thing, but it certainly isn’t Orwellian or whatever you’re trying to paint it as.
 
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In Italian a ship is “la nave”. Feminine.

But you don’t refer to it as “lei”.
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This in not the proper comparison. “la nave” is just “the ship”. if you want to compare what they do in Italian to the topic you should be asking Do Italian Mariners refer to their ship sometimes as she or her. Would an Italian Mariner ever say “i remember sailing on [insert Italian ship name], she was a great ship”. or would they always say “i remember sailing on [insert Italian ship name], it was a great ship”
 
Someone had better tell Scottie about this 😒

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No. The words “Lei and Ella” they are feminine and refer to persons.

“Ella e’ una donna intelligente”

The words “Lui and Egli” are masculine and refer to persons.

Egli e’ un uomo onesto.

The word “it” translates to “esso” or “essa” depending on if the object is feminine or masculine.

Here’s a title from an Italian article;

Il Titanic non affondò per l’iceberg, una nuova tesi sulla fine della nave

See. Il Titanic. La nave.

Il Titanic non e’ una donna. E’ una nave.
 
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A ship is a thing, not a person.

A car, “it”.
A book, “it”.
A water fountain “it”.
A banana “it”.
A ship “she”.
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While you are correct that objects in English are generally “it”, that does not always hold true and in English and other languages objects are often personified and as such given a gender. In English a ship is referred to as a “she”. The Church is a “she”. Cars can be “she”, planes and tanks can be “she”, etc. This is because a vessel sustains and protects the life of the crew, and the crew relates to the ship as a man to a woman. The ship keeps the crew alive, and the crew fights to save the ship.

Similarly, countries are referred to as “she”, for the same reasons. A country sustains and nurtures it’s citizens, a typically feminine role.

I believe the Germans refer to everything as “he”, which is one reason why they have issues with control and humor. 😉😝

These feminist women are so lame they can’t even understand compliments.
 
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It’s all part of a plot to drive gammons to apoplexy. 😆
 
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