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Daisey asked me this question today. I told her that anything that is temperamental is a she  she appeared quite happy with that  but actually i have no idea  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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"It has always been customary to personify certain inanimate objects and attribute to them characteristics peculiar to living creatures. Thus, things without life are often spoken of as having a sex. Some objects are regarded as masculine. The sun, winter, and death are often personified in this way. Others are regarded as feminine, especially those things that are dear to us. The earth as mother Earth is regarded as the common maternal parent of all life. In languages that use gender for common nouns, boats, ships, and other vehicles almost invariably use a feminine form. Likewise, early seafarers spoke of their ships in the feminine gender for the close dependence they had on their ships for life and sustenance."
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http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia01.htm
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NAH, don`t be silly. My EX has the answer! It`s the wide beam. Think I`m going into exile now.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Its the same with early planes...its all about the curves...yes??? Supaheli
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Concorde was most definitely a 'she' in my eyes.
Cheers
Andrew
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I heard an amusing story about Prince Henry the Navigator, the great Portuguese explorer who owned a large fleet of ships. Apparently he had broken with the tradition of naming ships after Kings and Queens and named all his ships after women. Asked one day why this was so. He replied, 'because like all women they cost a fortune in paint and patching to keep them looking good' I expect he was sleeping in the spare wing of his palace for a few months after that.
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court orchard wrote:I heard an amusing story about Prince Henry the Navigator, the great Portuguese explorer who owned a large fleet of ships. Apparently he had broken with the tradition of naming ships after Kings and Queens and named all his ships after women. Asked one day why this was so. He replied, 'because like all women they cost a fortune in paint and patching to keep them looking good' I expect he was sleeping in the spare wing of his palace for a few months after that. yes no doubt enjoying the piece and quiet  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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I thought it was because they mostly ended up as old wrecks! Spencer
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