RE: FW: the old insure ensure assure

Subject: RE: FW: the old insure ensure assure
From: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: "'Dan Goldstein'" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:15:57 -0800

> From: Dan Goldstein

> And then there are the genders assigned to inanimate objects: The
> monitor screen and mouse are male, the keyboard and printer
> are female,
> etc.

It seems like the monitor should be female and the keyboard male, since the
monitor receives data and the keyboard sends data. Why aren't the keyboard
and mouse the same gender?

Lauren


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