What's your car's gender?
02-04-2008, 01:22 AM
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RE: What's your car's gender?
ORIGINAL: Simon1
Would that make it a lesbian?
ORIGINAL: chrisc
Well, I refer to it as "she" usually, but the car is truly manly
Well, I refer to it as "she" usually, but the car is truly manly
02-04-2008, 01:38 AM
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RE: What's your car's gender?
my babys a girl.every car ive owned has been a she because everycar ive owned had been tempermental, meaning if i did something stupid in her she would let me know some how. and i spend so much money on mods its like having another girlfriend. luckfully my girl is into cars and has a mustang of her own
02-04-2008, 01:49 AM
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RE: What's your car's gender?
cars are female and there are several reasons why, but basically its because ships were female....
The explanation is that it was customary in early days to dedicate a ship to a goddess, under whose protection she sailed. The ship carried the diety's carved image on her bow not as a decoration, as later generations imagined, but as an aid to finding the way. Also, at the time of the ancient mariners even as far back as 500 BC, most were 'married to the sea' due to thier love of the ocean. The ships were their liveihood, their home and their love. As a compliment to the woman they loved they named their sailing vessels after them, telling them that it would remind them of the ones they left behind for the months and sometimes years they have would be gone. This caught on. The 'she' was also given for things of great beauty found in the sea.. ie "Thar she blows!" depicting the massive water spout seen by whaling ships of old which almost all had female names. Even when ships stopped being given feminine names they were still referred to as 'she', but basically this analogy was due to a captain's love for his ship. "Shes a fine ship, Captain" etc...
With the car being the modern version of the ship for most people it's only fitting that it be a female, after all cars, ships, and women all carry loads which they "deliver" at their destinations....nothing more feminine than that.
The explanation is that it was customary in early days to dedicate a ship to a goddess, under whose protection she sailed. The ship carried the diety's carved image on her bow not as a decoration, as later generations imagined, but as an aid to finding the way. Also, at the time of the ancient mariners even as far back as 500 BC, most were 'married to the sea' due to thier love of the ocean. The ships were their liveihood, their home and their love. As a compliment to the woman they loved they named their sailing vessels after them, telling them that it would remind them of the ones they left behind for the months and sometimes years they have would be gone. This caught on. The 'she' was also given for things of great beauty found in the sea.. ie "Thar she blows!" depicting the massive water spout seen by whaling ships of old which almost all had female names. Even when ships stopped being given feminine names they were still referred to as 'she', but basically this analogy was due to a captain's love for his ship. "Shes a fine ship, Captain" etc...
With the car being the modern version of the ship for most people it's only fitting that it be a female, after all cars, ships, and women all carry loads which they "deliver" at their destinations....nothing more feminine than that.
