It's a bit of a cave-in. If you let a tiny fraction of the population, because they vandalize things, and you say, "Oh gosh, we can't afford to have things vandalized, we'd better change," that's a slippery slope. Goodness me. I think all sorts of things could happen. Written by Sheena Goodyear.
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Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Comments are welcome while open. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Join the conversation Create account. Already have an account? As It Happens Ships are called 'she' because they protect and nurture like mothers, says admiral Adm. Alan West is critical of the news that the Scottish Maritime Museum will exclusively refer to ships as "it" going forward.
Social Sharing. Read Story Transcript Referring to a ship as "she" is a sign of respect and admiration, says a retired British naval chief. Are ships still "shes" for you? Ships have been the most amazing achievement. Alan West, British Royal Navy We've heard from the Scottish Maritime Museum that they think that there should be gender neutral language for ships and they should be "its" like other objects.
No wonder all the characters in Kantai Collection are female. Yes this has to do with ships. Sunken battleships to be specific, the characters are the humanized forms of ghost ships that were sunk. First of all, thank all u guys for serving in our military. So if any of u guys would like to reply to this question, u can. I may be biased by own experiences but I sailed a beautiful ketch-rigged boat in both directions of the CA coast.
A wave is measured along the backside of the swell. That meant the trough between waves was 18 ft. The bow buried itself, over and over again for the next 60 long miles at 0 dark thirty… A boat has the same paradoxical quality of a human female; with the fragility of beauty but the strength to deliver a life….
The tradition of representing nations as females have ancient roots. The Romans worshipped the goddess Roma as the embodiment of Rome. The Emperor Hadrian built a huge temple dedicated to Roma Aeterna Eternal Rome in time for the th jubilee of the traditional founding date of Rome. Most famous of all were Athena and Athens but many other Greek cities also had their own goddesses sharing the name of the city. The character and naming of ships was absolutely NOT always female.
The Romans already had various male ship names. Jens does not appear to understand the question. We are not discussing the naming of ships.
There are plenty of ships names which are male. Nor are we discussing the names of types of ships. For example ships of many navies were referred to as Men of War. What pronoun is used or ships in your language?
This is just a holdover from old English when english still had noun genders. In old english ship was a feminine noun. Thus the pronoun was she. There's irony in this since the presence of a real woman on board a ship was considered bad luck in times long past, although this might have more to do with the distraction a woman might cause to the male sailors on board.
In fact, the English language gets the word "ship" from the Middle High German "schiff", and that's a neuter noun. This romantic tradition is changing. Since , Lloyd's List, which began reporting shipping news since , has referred to all vessels as "it", and many news sources have adopted this new convention.
Happily, most sailors have not. Home Destinations.
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