I wonder why english-speaking people say 'she' when they call ships, cars or machinery things.
I wonder why english-speaking people say 'she' when they call ships, cars or many other machinery things.
why doesn't they call it 'he' ?
is there any cultural background or something?
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I wonder why english-speaking people say 'she' when they refer to ships, cars or machinery.
I wonder why english-speaking people say 'she' when they refer to ships, cars or many other machinery types.
Why do they not call it 'he' ?
Is there any cultural background or something?
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@Alex Thanks for the comment! I got it :D
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That's more common with ships. We hardly ever say that to describe cars. And most of the time we just use "it". I don't know about people who work on ships, you'd have to ask them about it.
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Just in case you were actually wondering, we mainly refer to them as "she" purely because historically it was the men who ran machinery, and as men ran it, they liked to think of their machinery as their pride and joy, their love, if you will. This is why they refer to it as "she", the opposite gender.
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