Originally Posted by
HAS59
The fact remains that Fleet Admiral Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was a man.
The ship is not a 'she' just because we are discussing it in the English language.
Seldom has anyone on this forum allowed themselves to dig such an indefensible hole out of such blind yet dazzlingly incorrect pedantry.
Fella, the sex of the person a ship is named after has even less to do with it than language. If it did by your very own logic the HMS Queen Elizabeth must be a 'she' and the otherwise identical P o W would be a 'he'. What would HMS Ashanti be? ..."They"...? Idiotic beyond belief! Petard, hoist. QED
Once again, utterly incorrect on the language front. If discussing a ship in English she can only be referred to (correctly) as 'she'. What term another languages uses is irrelevant unless you are speaking that language when of course you use the linguistically correct terminology. Are you going to demand we use the grammar and phraseology of the country we are referring to as well? In English? Does this topsy-turvy world of yours work in reverse? By your rules how could a French speaker refer correctly to a UK submarine as there are only two genders available? There is no French word corresponding to 'it', neither can a genderless word exist as a concept in French. Congratulations! You've just reinvented the incomprehensible biblical babble of Babel.
Come down off your high horse. You are clearly completely out of your depth (no pun intended) both linguistically and rationally.
In correct English ships are 'she' and boats are 'it'. The fact that Lloyds sees this as an anachronism is irrelevant too. If lloyds feel their expertise extends to modifying usage in English I'd suggest they reciprocate by allowing the OED to dictate policy at top levels of insurance.