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Old 16th Dec 2019, 21:55
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meleagertoo
 
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Originally Posted by HAS59
Could we please stop referring to Fleet Admiral Kuznetsov as 'she'.
Russian/Soviet major surface ships are not called by 'she' but by 'he' or, more often simply 'it'.
I know it is a commonly held view that all ships are 'female' well not in Russia they're not.
It is a little complicated ...
Complicated! It's not complicated, it's bloody simple!

What a pointless and silly post!

It matters not a jot what Russians call their vessels in Russian.

In English a ship is a "she" no matter what her nationality.
And a submarine is a boat and therefore "it".

FYI we are discussing this topic in English and so use English terminology, not Russian. Is that simple enough?

Strewth!
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