X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3781c24c7875bbc3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-13 15:16:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!tanya. From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Video conversation with Annie Ascii (GG!E4) Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: <4mq2vtgucigd2fo3o1rgt51m3qe74p5obd@4ax.com> References: <39otutgr1n7lfbehjdj3ce3ss98cte4gsa@4ax.com> <3befcbf1_2@batman.vip-za.com> <3bf0be92_3@batman.vip-za.com> <6te2vto0d2dugimi18nc3ssrtoa2acedqr@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.0.99 X-Original-Trace: 13 Nov 2001 19:48:13 +0100, 192.168.0.99 Lines: 21 X-Authenticated-User: donderfliegen Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:42:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 1005676933 213.93.74.225 (Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:42:13 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:42:13 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:10249 On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:33:42 +0200, Mel provoked the following text: >>> because in English we refer to ships and countries in the feminine and not >>> the neuter... >>Not always. And not everyone does that. >>It was probably more frequent fifty years ago or so. > >I disagree... I guess I will have to post some research here to convince the >current generation what correct English usage is... Yeah, someone should research that! -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Castrate my email adress to reply. It is unlawful to injure a football goal post, doing so is punishable by a $200 fine (Massachusetts state law)