Admiral Kuznetsov on fire

[steamchicken]

Originally Posted by megan

Aviators used to refer to their ride in the feminine, do they now call it an "it"?https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-d...-have-a-gender

Schiff is a neuter noun in German. But if yours is named after a place or person, usually she...although otherwise you keep the gender that would apply to the name. I guess calling Bismarck she (traditionally correct) or it (grammatically correct) just seemed weird.

[Less Hair]

Ship's names and type designations are feminine in german as a general rule. If you had a ship named "penis" it would be feminine.

[langleybaston]

Die Schwanz?

[Ninthace]

Originally Posted by Less Hair

Ship's names and type designations are feminine in german as a general rule. If you had a ship named "penis" it would be feminine.

Are really small ships neuter then?

[India Four Two]

I don't know about small ships but I've always found it amusing that Mädchen (girl) is neuter!

[langleybaston]

Originally Posted by India Four Two

I don't know about small ships but I've always found it amusing that Mädchen (girl) is neuter!

Quite so.
In my youth I found the fact counter-intuitive. The local Girls' Grammar School in particular. Oh! those white ankle socks ...................

[ve3id]

Originally Posted by langleybaston

Quite so.
In my youth I found the fact counter-intuitive. The local Girls' Grammar School in particular. Oh! those wjite ankle socks ...................

Gender of nouns has nothing to do with the sex of the people represented. If that were so, the entire French Police force would be feminine! (La Police)

[Less Hair]

Fun fact: masculinity in german language is feminine: Die Männlichkeit.

[langleybaston]

I knew those German and French O Levels would find a use one day.

[SpazSinbad]

Twitter URLs don't work here it seems so this is text only. "Not sure what to think about this one First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Far East and the Arctic (LDPR) Sergey Karginov proposed to buy back an ex. Kuznetsov-class carrier "Liaoning" (CV-16) from China & rename it "Vladimir Zhirinovsky".

[Asturias56]

They might be willing to sell it back - and perhaps offer a deal on a new build as well.

Maybe the RN would accept an offer for the PoW

[nonsense]

Originally Posted by Less Hair

Fun fact: masculinity in german language is feminine: Die Männlichkeit.

Likewise, in Quebec French, but not in European French, testicles are feminine:

Lexical item * Quebec French meaning * Metropolitan French meaning
gosse * gosses (fem pl): balls (testicles) * gosse (masc sg): child/kid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec...ctive_features

[langleybaston]

Every day's a school day.

Of course testes are gonads, and "gonads" also applies to the female equivalent, so I suppose nackers are rather AC/DC in origin.

Come to PPRUNE for an education.

[ExAscoteer2]

Originally Posted by langleybaston

Of course testes are gonads, and "gonads" also applies to the female equivalent,

There is no "female equivalent", both Testes and Ovaries develop from the same precursor tissueand are both gonads.

Gonad merely means an organ that produces Gametes, ie Haploid cells that when fuse (at fertilisation) produce a Zygote.

[langleybaston]

Originally Posted by ExAscoteer2

There is no "female equivalent", both Testes and Ovaries develop from the same precursor tissueand are both gonads.

Gonad merely means an organ that produces Gametes, ie Haploid cells that when fuse (at fertilisation) produce a Zygote.

I tried to keep it simple for you.

[bugged on the right]

Is there any news about the Admiral Kuznetzov or are we going to discuss what sex a ship is in various societies? For goodness sake.

[West Coast]

Originally Posted by bugged on the right

Is there any news about the Admiral Kuznetzov or are we going to discuss what sex a ship is in various societies? For goodness sake.

Do you have any new information on her status?

[bugged on the right]

No West Coast but every time I see there's a new post it turns out to be irrelevant trivia.

[ExAscoteer2]

Originally Posted by langleybaston

I tried to keep it simple for you.

No you didn't. You just repeated ignorant, biased, male, rubbish.

[rigpiggy]

I call my old car "her/she as it is easier to forgive a lady you love for her frailties foibles, and eccentricities