Date:  Tue, 30 Jan 1996 13:52:14 +0100

From:  debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU

Subject: Re: why are ships referred to as she (fwd)



The best collections of gendered inanimates are collections of T. Hilding

Svartengren AS 3:83-112; Dialect Notes 6:7-56; Moderna Sprak 48:261-92. I

treat the subject briefly in Grammar and Gender, 101-105.



Dennis







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