Carl,
Anyone who reads "Innocents Abroad" is bound to laugh!!
Ray McCrary
"Speed is Life;
of course Luck and Altitude
are helpful, too."
----- Original Message -----
From: <CFritz7001@aol.com>
To: <PopeyMike@aol.com>; <engconn@f-tech.net>
Cc: <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>; <owner-mg-t@autox.team.net>;
<mg-t@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: 1954 MGTF 1500 RHD - Its Alive!!!! :-)
> Mike,
> I must differ with you--In naming and assigning a gender to my car, I
> contend that I have "personalized" her, recognized her individuality, and
> raised her above the status of a mere "mobility appliance" ( to coin a
> phrase). If anything, I feel my approach to this matter has heightened,
> rather than diminished, my sensitivity and responsiveness to both her
> needs, and her compaints/problems!!
> For those of you who might espouse the approach to gender as found in
the
> German language, I recommend that you read Mark Twain's marvelous essay
> entitled "The Awful German Language", especially the part dealing with the
> Fishwife's Story. If you don't get at least a series of chuckles out of
that
> essay, one or some combination of the following must be true:
> 1) You were born into a non- German-speaking family, and never studied
> German. AND/OR
> 2) You were born into a German-speaking family, and find that system of
> genders used therin is extremely logical . AND/OR
> 3) Your sense of humor (humour) is on holiday . (Hopefully, it will be
back
> soon!)
>
> PLEASE, don't any of you take ANY of this personally!!! It's all in
fun,
> OK?
> Regards to all,
> Carl Fritz
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