Why is he a she, and she a she, and it a she?

Since I don't want grammatical questions to prolong conversation and I hate explaining, I don't personify inanimate objects. I just use "it".

Wow! Really? LOL! I would want to believe that women are now becoming a big impact on life and on things. I don't name certain things except for my pets.

My son called his car Doris. I have been told that men give their cars girl's names because they are sometimes tempramental. As for other things maybe the same reason.

Many languages don't have the English "it" to name objects or animals, and the people from those countries may be referring to objects by "he" or "she" just by the power of habit. Of course, other people actually personify objects by calling them "he" or "she", but I don't know why they do that... I don't get it either. Maybe they are very attached to that object.

I just never thought about it. BUt you are so right. Wow... I guess because women dominate! LOL She is always right!

machinery - buildings - land is generally considered in the feminine. maybe it has to do with matter and form? Form is of man and matter of woman. *shrug*

I don't refer to my computer or car as a he or she to be honest, it's just an 'it' an inanimate object that has no names. I know a lot of people have pet names for their cars for example but I it's not something I have done. Providing it goes, it's reliable I don't give a damn really.

i do not know what is the mother tongue of taht person. in some languages there are different words referred to female and male genders. In my country, in Hindi we refer all objects as she and say our sentences according to that.

Why does every woman assume that my cat is a "she"? Because he is not... and he does not look queer either. lol I was born in France... And the French vocabulary has a masculin or feminin for everything. Now I can tell you that... A computer is masculin And a car is feminin A website is masculin And both this question and discussion are feminin. Cheers... Aussies2007

You know I have never really thought about it. Our last car we had we called it Gertrude as it was such an old car but still ran really well. Our new car we have we named it Red Dragon only because that is what my son calls it.

I've never thought about that before. Perhaps it's a protective thing. Men were always brought up to revere and honour women (I know, we've interpreted this in a funny and not so funny way from time to time), and to protect them, especially when they were having our human young. Until the middle of the 19th century, husbands effectively owned their wives, so it may be that this was extended into our other "possessions". May also be related to usage. Women traditionally ironed - the iron becomes feminine. Not sure where that leaves boats and trains though.

I've never thought about that before. Perhaps it's a protective thing. Men were always brought up to revere and honour women (I know, we've interpreted this in a funny and not so funny way from time to time), and to protect them, especially when they were having our human young. Until the middle of the 19th century, husbands effectively owned their wives, so it may be that this was extended into our other "possessions". May also be related to usage. Women traditionally ironed - the iron becomes feminine. Not sure where that leaves boats and trains though.

I've never realized that and I was never taught in school about addressing such as computer as she. Well, I guess the female are getting popular nowadays.

Good question! I know most of the items that we name an item (usually a vehicle) we usually also refer to as 'old faithful' or some other term of endearment. Of course we women always come through, so maybe that's it!

I have always wondered about that I think I havecalled my computer she a few times but never knew why really.but usually I do not give names like he and she to appliances just my computer which is really odd. I have heard people talk about their boats as she and wondered why.