Re: verb gender


Ron Hardin <rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42E5F71E.1E7E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ant=F3nio_Marques?= wrote:
> > Why couldn't a man say, or why should someone think a man couldn't say,
> > 'shortens out' for 'shorts out', either as opposed to a woman?
>
> Every boy has been told not to short something out, or told a story where
> he shorted something out, say messing with his first battery, an interesting
> experiment where the wire gets burning-hot and you get entertaining sparks.
>
> A girl can easily not have done that. ``Don't short the doll out'' is something
> you don't come across.

My ex-wife has a master degree in electrical engineering.
She can also speak at four times the normal speed on
several subjects simultaneously, at least it seems like she does.

You'd find the TV & HIFI salesmen and repair men in our
part of the world might not entirely agree with your categorical
statement. :-)

pjk

> It's a sexual difference in interests, leaving girls with a different vocabulary,
> and, sometimes, lexical mistakes.
> --
> Ron Hardin
> rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

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